declaration
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5.6
- noun
- /ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
:
declaración
- The cases cited in support of this declaration date back as far as 1877.
Examples
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The parties may permit witnesses to submit evidence by declaration or affidavit in lieu of live testimony.
Academic text (2007) -
To support her claim, she submitted a written declaration to the judge.
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A signed declaration by me that at all times you were following my orders.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'm prepared to make a limited declaration.
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It would be the easiest thing in the world for me as president to ask for a declaration of war.
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Then you will negotiate with the court to have my declaration of incompetence lifted.
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I move for the declaration of mistrial... ...on the grounds that the jury is being prejudiced.
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Some questions have been raised in the pleadings as to our jurisdiction to make such declarations.
Academic text (1991) -
You've read the written declarations I've submitted.
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She filed a declaration denying that she had lied or denying that she hadn't been truthful.
Synonyms
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4.0
A confident statement made without showing proof
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8.2
A public statement that openly says you believe or feel something
A formal statement saying something is true instead of swearing an oath
A formal statement that says something is true
Compounds
- Formal
53
3.0
A formal statement made on July 4, 1776 declaring the thirteen American colonies independent from Great Britain
- Formal
A form a taxpayer files to say how much tax they expect to owe when tax withheld is not enough
A formal document agreed on 4 July 1776 that declares the thirteen American colonies independent from Britain
How Verified
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Declaration comes from the Latin parts de- and clarare, which meant 'make clear', and shares the same root as the English word clear. So a legal declaration is a statement meant to 'make something clear' for the court, even when it is not given under oath.