Declaration
WordNet
noun
(1) A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
(2) A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
(3) A formal public statement
"The government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
"A declaration of independence"
(4) (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
"His declaration of innocence"
(5) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
(6) A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
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Etymology
, from , from , corresponding to
Noun
- A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
Quotations
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...