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English Dictionary: Declaration by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
declaration
n
  1. a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
  2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence"
  3. a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
  4. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
    Synonym(s): contract, declaration
  5. a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"
    Synonym(s): announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
  6. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
    Synonym(s): resolution, declaration, resolve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Declaration \Dec`la*ra"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.
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