Definition of declaration
- n. - 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.
- n. - That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement;
distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
- n. - The document or instrument containing such statement
or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in
Washington).
- n. - That part of the process 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.