Declaration - Definition
declaration
n 1: a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or
written)
2: (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a
legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence"
3: a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
4: (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract
setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make [syn:
contract, declaration]
5: a formal public statement; "the government made an
announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration
of independence" [syn: announcement, proclamation,
annunciation, declaration]
6: a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn:
resolution, declaration, resolve]