declarant
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8.0
- noun
- /dɪˈklɛrənt/
- Formal
- It was a chilling thought and a reminder of why the Old Moderns had murdered off their royal families in the first place, leaving only the Princess of Tonga and the swashbuckling Declarant-Philander of Spanish Girona to lead them into the future.
Examples
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The court was troubled by this issue, but finding that the declarant had enough personal knowledge to justify admission of the affidavit, held that the testimony should be weighed at trial. Id. at 1331-32.
Academic text (1995) -
Should a declarant alien enlist in these forces, his military oath of allegiance would nullify his declaration of intention to abjure all foreign allegiance.
Academic text (1991) -
The major problem surfaced with the declarant alien.
Academic text (1991) -
Though all men within the designated ages were required to register, only citizens and alien declarants were liable for service.
Academic text (1991) -
To confuse matters more, some declarants were technically enemy aliens, whom the law excluded from service.
Academic text (1991) -
Crowder opined that a greater number of German declarants were drafted by the end of the year.
Academic text (1991) -
Corresponding to the recited wrongs, the declarants listed rights that future monarchs would have to respect.
Academic text (2008) -
When the United States declared war on Austria-Hungary in December, the numbers of both alien enemy declarants and non-declarants in camp jumped tremendously.
Academic text (1991) -
Second, most of the case law deals not with the general right to be present, but with the particular problem of determining when the admission of hearsay declarations intrudes on the defendant's ability to confront and cross-examine the out-of-court declarant.
Academic text (2007) -
The declarant submitted a signed statement to the court detailing her observations.
Synonyms
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6.9
A person who says something is true in public
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6.5
A person who announces official news or rules to the public
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word declarant comes from declare, which goes back to a root meaning 'clear', like the English word clear. So a declarant is someone who 'makes clear' or formally tells facts to officials, which explains why the word means a person who gives an official statement.