assertor
- I A restorer of liberty.
- A Lit.: adsertores dicuntur vindices alienae libertatis, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 194; cf. 2. assero, I. A.: populo detrectante dominationem atque adsertores flagitante, Suet. Caes. 80: Catoni gladium adsertorem libertatis extorque, Sen. Ep. 13.—
- B Trop., a defender, protector, deliverer, advocate: publicus adsertor dominis suppressa levabo Pectora, Ov. R. Am. 73: senatūs adsertor, Luc. 4, 214 (qui in libertatem defendis senatum, Schol.); Mart. 1, 53, 5: adsertores Camilli, id. 1, 25; Suet. Galb. 9: dignitatis ac potentiae patriciorum, id. Tib. 2: quaestionis, he who carries an inquiry entirely through, is master of the subject, Macr. S. 7, 4.—
- II He who claims or declares one to be a slave (cf. 2. assero, I. B.): cum instaret adsertor puellae, Liv. 3, 46, and besides only id. 3, 47.
contra hereticos pro te adstitit ~or
hujus et †privilegia [l. privilegii ] testes et ~ores sunt
regie sanctitatis ~or
validior hic expugnator extitit quam ~or
hos assertores fidei stabilesque columnas
omnes ejusdem convencionis ~ores, fautores et valitores(
est errorum suorum defensor pertinax et ~or
assertor verax
omnis igitur ~or veritatis, te auctore, inimicus est veritatis
que tantum demissa per aures ‥, horum non ~or sed recitator existo
quia erat veritatis ~or, dicit plurima semet adversa passurum
- 1. iem. die er aanspraak op maakt dat iem. (gen.) vrij is of voor diens vrijheid opkomt [virginis];
- 2. (poët.; postklass.) bevrijder, beschermer, verdediger [veritatis].
Ibique in supradicto nunc judicio veniens homo nomine Arluinus, qui est Assertor, vel causidicus et mandatarius Danielo Archiepiscopo, etc.Habentur eadem verba ibidem pluries. Aliud Judicatum ann. 1021. apud Diagum lib. 2. Hist. Comit. Barcinon. cap. 31. ubi Comes controversiam ad judices Ecclesiasticos remittit :
Volo, ut justitia non depereat ; sed ut me aut meo Assertore præsente cito compleatur.Infra :
Assistente quodam procere Guillermo et agente per imperium Comitis vocem querelantium una cum ipsis justitiam petit.
- 2 adsero, one who claims(as master): puellae, L.—A defender, advocate, O.
ASSERTORor ADSERTORis the name given to the party who asserts or vindicates in an action (liberale judicium) the freedom of another (Gaius, 4.14); for a person who claimed to be free could not sue on his own behalf. By the law of the Twelve Tables it was enacted in favour of liberty, that an adsertor should not be called on to give security in the sacramenti actio to more than the amount of 50 asses. In the course of the action the adsertor laid his hand on the person whose liberty he claimed (adsertus), and formally asserted the right of the latter to his freedom. Hence adserere in libertatem, liberali adserere manu. (Ter. And. 2.1, 40; Plaut. Poen. 4.2, 83.)
The expression adserere in servitutem, to claim a person as a slave, occurs in Livy (Liv. 3.44; 34.18-Z2). The vindicatio in libertatem was employed as a collusive action for the purpose of manumitting slaves (manumissio per vindictam). In later times the part of assertor was represented by the Praetor's lictor. (Dig. 40. 12, de Liberali Causa; Cod. 7.16.)
[G.L] [E.A.W]or Adsertor. Contains the same root as the verb adserere, which, when coupled with the word manu, signifies to lay hold of a thing, to draw it towards one. Hence the phrase adserere in libertatem, or liberali adserere manu, applies to him who lays his hand on a person reputed to be a slave, and asserts or maintains his freedom. The person who thus maintained the freedom of a reputed slave was called adsertor, and by the laws of the Twelve Tables it was enacted in favour of liberty that such adsertor should not be called on to give security in the sacramenti actio to more than the amount of fifty asses. The person whose freedom was thus claimed was said to be adsertus.