declaration

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English declaracion (“‘declaration’”), from French déclaration, from Latin declarationem, corresponding to declare +‎ -ation

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɛklæˈreɪʃən/, SAMPA: /dEkl{"r\eIS@n/
• (US) IPA: /dɛkləˈɹejʃn̩/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

declaration (plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) 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.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

[edit] Synonyms

• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (act or process of declaring): notice

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• complaint
• statutory
• statutory declaration

[edit] External links

• Declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia