declaration
IPA: dɛkɫɝˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
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Examples of "declaration" in Sentences
- They need to revise the declaration.
- The Declaration of Grace is not an absolution.
- Embarkation of the army and the Declaration of The Hague.
- It is of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence.
- The Declaration was an antecedent of the Richmond Declaration.
- Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings.
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