\As*sert"o*ry\, a. [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
Affirming; maintaining.
      Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.
      An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. --Bentham.
      A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is
      known as actual.                         --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.