declaration

n.

1. An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written.
2. The act or process of declaring.
3. A statement of taxable goods or of properties subject to duty.
4. Law.
   1. A formal statement by a plaintiff specifying the facts and circumstances constituting his or her cause of action.
   2. An unsworn statement of facts that is admissible as evidence.
5. Games. A bid, especially the final bid of a hand in certain card games.

In programming, an instruction or statement that defines data (fields, variables, arrays, etc.) and resources, but does not create executable code.

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1. Formal pleadings by a Plaintiff as to the facts and circumstances that gave rise to his Cause of Action. Also, a statement made out of court.

2. Legal document used to create a Condominium. It includes a description of the property and the uses to which it is restricted, a description of individual ownership units, Common Elements, and procedures for amending the declaration.

3. Statement that an Insured makes (declares) about loss exposures in an application for a policy. For example, in a personal automobile policy, the applicant states his/her name, address, occupation, type of automobile, expected mileage per year, etc. The insurer uses this information to set a premium rate.

1. Formal pleadings by a plaintiff as to the facts and circumstances that gave rise to his cause of action. Also, a statement made out of court.
Example: The unhappy land buyer offered a declaration explaining the claim that the property was misrepresented.

2. A legal document used to create a Condominium. Includes a description of the property and the uses to which it is restricted, a description of individual ownership units, Common Elements and procedures for amending the declaration.
Example: A developer constructs apartments and wishes to market them as a condominium. He prepares and records a declaration, which describes the division of individual and common ownership, a set of bylaws and a master Deed for the project.

noun

1. The act of announcing: announcement, annunciation, proclamation, promulgation, publication. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. A public statement: announcement, annunciation, edict, manifesto, notice, proclamation, pronouncement. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. The act of asserting positively: affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, averment, claim, statement. See affirm/deny/argue.

n

Definition: assertion of belief or knowledge
Antonyms: denial, disavowal, retraction

n

Definition: official proclamation
Antonyms: denial, retraction

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The first pleading in a lawsuit governed by the rule of common-law pleading. In the law of evidence, a statement or narration made not under oath but simply in the middle of things, as a part of what is happening. Also, a proclamation.

A declaration is the plaintiff's statement of a claim against the defendant, formally and specifically setting out the facts and circumstances that make up the case. It generally is broken into several sections, which describe the different counts of the cause of action. The declaration should give the title of the action, the court and place of trial, the basis for the claim, and the relief demanded. The defendant then answers with a plea. Common-law pleading has been abolished in the United States, and modern systems of code pleading and rules based on federal civil procedure now provide for a complaint to accomplish the same purpose as did the declaration in former times.

Under some circumstances, statements made out of court by one person may be repeated in court by someone else even though the hearsay rule ordinarily forbids secondhand testimony. For example, a dying declaration is a statement in which a homicide victim names his or her killer on his or her deathbed. If the victim had known who had attacked him or her, had abandoned all hope of recovery, and had in fact died of the wounds, a person who heard the dying declaration can repeat it in court at the time the killer is brought to trial. The theory is that a deceased person would not have lied just before dying.

A declaration against interest is another type of statement received into evidence even though it is being repeated by someone who heard it out of court. It is any comment that admits something harmful to the rights of the person who made the statement. For example, a driver says to his or her passenger just before the car misses a curve and ends up in a ditch, "I know the brakes are bad, but don't worry." Later when suing to recover compensation for injuries, the passenger can testify that he or she heard the driver make a declaration against his or her interest even though that testimony is hearsay.

Customs law requires all persons entering the United States to provide officers with a list of merchandise they are bringing into the country. This list is also called a declaration.

Real property laws in various states require the filing of statements to disclose plans that establish certain rights in particular buildings or parcels. For example, a homeowners' association formed by neighbors to maintain a recreation center owned by all of them together may file a declaration of covenants. A builder may be required to file a declaration of condominium before beginning to sell new units.

As a preliminary step before becoming naturalized U.S. citizens, aliens must file a declaration of intention which states that they are honestly trying to become citizens and that they formally renounce all allegiance to any other nation where they were ever citizens or subjects.

The Declaration of Independence was a formal announcement on July 4, 1776, by which the Continental Congress of the United States of America proclaimed the independence of the people of the colonies from the rule of Great Britain. It explained the reasons for their assertion of political autonomy and announced to the world that the United States was a free and independent nation.

International law recognized that nations may formally and publicly proclaim a condition of armed conflict by a declaration of war, which in effect forbids all persons to aid or assist the enemy. In the United States, the Congress has the authority to declare war, and a declaration fixes a beginning date for the war.

A declaration of a dividend is an act of a corporation in setting aside a portion of net or surplus income for proportional distribution as a dividend to those who hold shares of stock.

IN BRIEF: n. - A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written); A formal public statement.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. — Romain Gary 

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Declaration

Dansk (Danish)
n. - deklarering, påstand, deklaration, hensigtserklæring, lukning af innings, melding af trumffarve

Nederlands (Dutch)
verklaring, afkondiging, aangifte

Français (French)
n. - annonce (aux cartes), proclamation (avis officiel), déclaration publique, déclaration (de douane, etc)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erklärung, Verkündung, Eingeständnis, Zollerklärung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δήλωση, διακήρυξη, ανακοίνωση

Italiano (Italian)
dichiarazione, proclamazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - declaração (f)

Русский (Russian)
декларация

Español (Spanish)
n. - anuncio, declaración, notificación, proclama

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förklaring, tillkännagivande, deklaration, uppgift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宣告, 宣布, 说明

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 宣告, 宣佈, 說明

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선언, 원고의 진술, (세금에 있어서의) 신고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宣言, 布告, 宣言書, 申告, 申告書

idioms:

• declaration of neutrality    中立宣言

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إعلان رسمي شفهي أو كتابي, تصريح, بيان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הצהרה, מצהר‬

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