Definition of Asseverations

1. Noun. (plural of asseveration) ¹

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Definition of Asseverations

1. asseveration [n] - See also: asseveration

Literary usage of Asseverations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"Affirmations are employed in giving evidence, whether accompanied with an oath or not ; liars deal much in asseverations and protestations. ..."

2. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"A man of honour thinks himself sufficiently bound by his word alone: yet these asseverations are not useless, in- ^ • form their engagements deliberately, ..."

3. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"AS- The asseverations used in entering into engagement? r- ... ii: by his word alone: yet these asseverations are not useless, inasmuch as they tend to ..."

4. The Great Conspiracy by John Alexander Logan (1886)
"... PROPOSITIONS TO ASSASSINATE"—A NATION'S WRATH—ANDREW JOHNSON'S VEHEMENT asseverations—"TREASON MUST BE MADE ODIOUS"—RECONSTRUCTION Pages to 650. ..."

5. Elements of International Law and Laws of War by Henry Wager Halleck (1874)
"Use of asseverations. asseverations are sometimes used in engagements or treaties between sovereigns; such as, we promise in the most soared manner ..."

6. Current Law (1904)
"... by false representation,*7 silence, or acquiescence,08 or misleading conduct," or asseverations of title or Ing by quitclaim from the grantee—Johnson т. ..."

7. Jeremiah, and His Lamentations: With Notes, Critical, Explanatory and by Henry Cowles (1869)
"The Lord meets this by the most solemn and earnest asseverations: "If I have made no covenant with the day and with the night; if that covenant shall fail ..."

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