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English Dictionary: Declaration of Independence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Declaration of Independence n the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Independence \In`de*pend"ence\, n. [Cf. F. ind[82]pendance.] 1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. --Pope. 2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood. {Declaration of Independence} (Amer. Hist.), the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Declaration \Dec`lara"tion\, n. [F. d[82]claration, fr. L. declaratio, fr. declarare. See {Declare}.] 1. The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc. 2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. --Tillotson. 3. The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence* (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. --Buckle. 4. (Law) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See {Count}, n., 3. {Declaration of Independence}. (Amer. Hist.) See under {Independence}. {Declaration of rights}. (Eng. Hist) See {Bill of rights}, under {Bill}. {Declaration of trust} (Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth. --Abbott.