declaration

Plural: declarations

Noun

• a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
• (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
  • "his declaration of innocence"
• a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
• a formal public statement
  • "a declaration of independence"
• a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
• An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
• Specifically, a declaration of love.
• A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
• The act or process of declaring.
• The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
• 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.
• The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Synonyms

announcement, annunciation, contract, proclamation, resolution, resolve, avowal, notice, statement

Related Words

complaint, customs declaration, declare, statutory, statutory declaration