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Definition of Assertions
1. assertion [n] - See also: assertion
Literary usage of Assertions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"ANALYSIS OP THE Assertions MADE IN 1873. ... of the "protoplasm" as a universal
occurrence, and my assertions since been corroborated by all good observers. ..."
2. Life of James Buchanan: Fifteenth President of the United States by George Ticknor Curtis (1883)
"A HONG the assertions made by the South Carolina com- -£-V- missioners in their
letter to the President of December 28th, there was one to which it is now ..."
3. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1890)
"H persons take upon themselves to make assertions as to which they are ignorant,
whether they are true or untrue, they must, in a civil point of view, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"These observations are the justification for assertions 1 and 2 of the introduction.
Before discussing assertion 4 it is desirable to direct attention to ..."
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