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declaration
noun
1 declaration
A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written).
Roget 969:
lawsuit,
suit,
action,
cause;
litigation;
suit in law;
dispute
etc.
713.
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment;
accusation
etc.
938;
presentment,
true bill,
indictment.
apprehension,
arrest;
committal;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751.
writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat†,
nisi prius [Lat.];
venire,
venire facias pleadings [Lat.];
declaration,
bill,
claim;
proces verbal [Fr.];
bill of right,
information,
corpus delicti;
affidavit,
state of facts;
answer,
reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer,
rebutter,
rejoinder;
surrebutter†,
surrejoinder†.
suitor,
party to a suit;
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant
etc.
938.
hearing,
trial;
verdict
etc.
(judgment)
480;
appeal,
appeal motion;
writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case;
decision,
precedent;
decided case,
reports
(legal reference works, see reference books)..
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Roget 535:
affirmance,
affirmation;
statement,
allegation,
assertion,
predication,
declaration,
word,
averment;
confirmation.
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing,
oath,
affidavit;
deposition
etc.
(record)
551;
avouchment;
assurance;
protest,
protestation;
profession;
acknowledgment
etc.
(assent)
488;
legal pledge,
pronouncement;
solemn averment,
solemn avowal,
solemn declaration.
remark,
observation;
position
etc.
(proposition)
514,
saying,
dictum,
sentence,
ipse dixit [Lat.].
emphasis;
weight;
dogmatism
etc.
(certainty)
474;
dogmatics
etc.
887.
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Dutch: verklaring
Polish: deklaracja
2 declaration
law Unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction.
Dutch: aangifte
Polish: deklaracja
3 declaration
A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties.
4 declaration
contract bridge The highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make.
synonym: contract.
Dutch: contract
5 declaration
6 declaration
A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote.
synonyms: resolution, resolve.
Polish: uchwała
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