Declaration (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act of declaring; announcement: a declaration of a dividend.
  2. a positive, explicit, or formal statement; proclamation: a declaration of war.
  3. something that is announced, avowed, or proclaimed.
  4. a document embodying or displaying an announcement or proclamation: He posted the declaration in a public place.
  5. Law.
    • a formal statement presenting the plaintiff's claim in an action.
    • a complaint.
    • a statement, especially by a witness.
    • a statement made to an official.
  6. Cards.
    • a bid, especially the successful bid.
    • the statement during the game of the points earned by a player, in bezique or other games.
  7. a statement of goods, income, etc., especially for the assessment of duty, tax, or the like.
noun
  1. an explicit or emphatic statement
  2. a formal statement or announcement; proclamation
  3. the act of declaring
  4. the ruling of a judge or court on a question of law, esp in the chancery division of the High Court
  5. an unsworn statement of a witness admissible in evidence under certain conditions
  6. the voluntary closure of an innings before all ten wickets have fallen
  7. the final contract
  8. a statement or inventory of goods, etc, submitted for tax assessment
  9. an announcement of points made after taking a trick, as in bezique
Declaration (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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