the act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.-that which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.-the document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the declaration of independence (now preserved in washington).-that part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. see count, n., 3.