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déclaration declaration (plural declarations) - A written or
oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief. - A list of items
for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration. - The act
or process of declaring. - (cricket) The act, by the captain of
a batting side, of declaring an innings closed. - (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. - (computing) The specification of a variables
type - 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... - (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement
- (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement - (act
or process of declaring): notice written or oral indication of a
fact, opinion, or bel