 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
declaration
noun
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
[syn: {contract}]
5: a formal public statement; "the government made an
announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a
declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {proclamation},
{annunciation}]
6: a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn:
{resolution}, {resolve}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Declaration \Dec'la*ra"tion\, noun [F. d['e]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 or pleadings 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}, noun, 3.
{Declaration of Independence}. (Amer. Hist.) See Declaration
of Independence in the vocabulary. See also 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "declaration":
Parthian shot, acceptance, acknowledgment, address, admission,
advertisement, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation,
allowance, announcement, annunciation, answer, apostrophe,
appointment, appreciation, assertion, asseveration, attest,
attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, bill, bill of complaint,
brevet, broadcast, bull, bulletin board, circular, claim, comment,
communication, communique, complaint, compurgation, concession,
conclusion, confession, confession of faith, crack, creed,
declaration of faith, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal,
decretum, deposition, dictum, diktat, disclosure, edict, edictum,
encyclical, enunciation, exclamation, expression, fiat, greeting,
information, instrument in proof, interjection, ipse dixit, law,
legal evidence, libel, manifesto, mention, narratio,
nolle prosequi, nonsuit, note, notice, notification, observation,
ordinance, ordonnance, phrase, position, position paper,
positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation,
profession, program, programma, promulgation, pronouncement,
pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, public notice,
publication, question, recognition, reflection, remark, report,
rescript, revelation, rule, ruling, say, say-so, saying,
senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, stance, stand,
statement, statement of facts, subjoinder, sworn evidence,
sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium,
testimony, thought, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book,
white paper, witness, word
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