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declaration Definition

dec·la·ra·tion (dek′lə rā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of declaring; announcement
  2. a thing declared
  3. a formal statement; proclamation
  4. a statement of taxable goods a declaration at the customs office
  5. Card Games
    1. meld
    2. a bid in bridge, esp. the winning bid
  6. Law
    1. a statement of the plaintiff's cause for complaint in a court action
    2. an unsworn statement, made out of court, which may be admissible in evidence under certain circumstances

Etymology: ME declaracioun < OFr declaration < L declaratio

declaration Synonyms

declaration

n.

  1. An assertion

    announcement, avowal, statement, formal assertion, utterance, information, notification, affirmation, presentation, exposition, communication, disclosure, allegation, contention, explanation, revelation, answer, advertisement, saying, report, testimony, oath, expression, profession, admission, confession, enunciation, attestation, promulgation, remark, claim, protestation, acknowledgment; see also announcement 1.

    Antonyms denial*, negation*, equivocation. *

  2. A formal statement

    proclamation, profession, affirmation, manifesto, public announcement, pronouncement, pronunciamento, decree, edict, document, bulletin, bill, article, publication, broadcast, confirmation, ultimatum, notice, resolution, affidavit, testimony, charge, indictment, allegation, deposition, declaration of war, code, canon, bill of rights, constitution, plea, demurrer, creed, credo, article of faith, gospel, testament; see also announcement 2, communication 2.

    Antonyms retraction*, repudiation*, recantation.

  3. The act of announcing

    notification, expression, proclamation; see announcement 1, communication 1.

declaration Law Definition

n

  1. A statement made in connection with a case or legal matter, or intended to have a formal status or effect.
  2. A written document, synonymous in some jurisdictions with affidavit and in others (although antiquated) with complaint.
  3. A written document governing rights and obligations among property owners, as in declaration of condominium or declaration of covenants and restrictions.
declaration against interest
A statement that is assumed to be truthful because it is contrary to the declarant’s self-interest when made, and is therefore admissible in court as an exception to the hearsay rule. 
dying declaration
A statement that is assumed to be truthful because it is made by an individual aware of impending death (and thus thought to have no incentive to lie), and that is therefore admissible in court as an exception to the hearsay rule.

declaration Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • incompatibility: Judges can be expected to be wary of making a declaration of incompatibility that would be likely to lead to such major social change.
  • invalidity: In these circumstances the declaration of invalidity would also have to be fought in the High Court.
  • solvency: Statutory declaration of solvency in voluntary winding up 18.
  • intent: It was, Redgrave agreed afterward, a declaration of intent.
  • conformity: Testing & Certification All new lifting equipment requires a declaration of conformity and requires a thorough examination.
  • parentage: Mrs R's only option was to apply for a declaration of parentage.

Converse of object

  • sign: All you have to do is sign the gift aid declaration on the bottom of the " Friends " Application form.
  • encode: The encoding declaration tells the encoding of the characters making up the current parsed entity ( i.e. the current file in most cases ).

Adjective modifier

  • statutory: She asked for the three forms of statutory declaration.
  • unilateral: The unilateral declarations by the US and Russian Presidents in 1991-92 resulted in the elimination of a great number of tactical nuclear warheads.
  • false: An expert who signs a false declaration to his report is open to contempt proceedings.
  • ministerial: The principle is much more important than a ministerial declaration.
  • non-binding: Recommendation A non-binding declaration, which has no force in law and is mainly used to assist the interpretation of other acts.
  • explicit: Explicit declaration of all variables is considered good modern programming practice.

Noun used with modifier

  • doctype: The PHP script starts with the usual doctype declaration.
  • namespace: To create the namespace declarations, you just have to have the svg element created somewhere where the namespace declarations are in scope.
  • allergen: See the Guidance Notes on Food Labeling produced by the Food Standards Agency 11.4 What are the exceptions to allergen declarations on labels?
  • subroutine: A full specification file looks like this. declarations % % rules % % subroutines Declarations and subroutines sections are optional.
  • copyright: On the paper form the copyright declaration is at the foot of the page.
  • draft: Q. Can the detail of our final declaration be different from the draft declaration that we submitted in October?