[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

declaration \dec`lara"tion\, n. f. d'eclaration, fr. l.
   declaratio, fr. declarare. see declare.
   1. the act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit
      asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on
      any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration
      of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is declared or proclaimed; announcement;
      distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
      1913 webster

            declarations of mercy and love . . . in the gospel.
                                                  --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   3. the document or instrument containing such statement or
      proclamation; as, the declaration of independence now
      preserved in washington.
      1913 webster

            in 1776 the americans laid before europe that noble
            declaration, which ought to be hung up in the
            nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of
            every royal palace.                   --buckle.
      1913 webster

   4. law that part of the process or pleadings in which the
      plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of
      complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case
      containing the count, or counts. see count, n., 3.
      1913 webster

   declaration of independence. amer. hist. see declaration
      of independence in the vocabulary. see also under
      independence.

   declaration of rights. eng. hist see bill of rights,
      under bill.

   declaration of trust law, a paper subscribed by a grantee
      of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for
      the purposes and upon the terms set forth. --abbott.
      1913 webster
see also:
declare count declaration of independence independence declaration of rights bill of rights 
bill declaration of trust 

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