Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Assertion (Page: 91)

As*ser"tion (#), n. [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]

1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.

2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.