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  Declaration \Dec`la*ra"tion\, n. [F. d['e]claration, fr. L.
     declaratio, fr. declarare. See Declare.]
     1. 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.
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     2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement;
        distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
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              Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel.
                                                    --Tillotson.
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     3. The document or instrument containing such statement or
        proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now
        preserved in Washington).
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              In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble
              Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the
              nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of
              every royal palace.                   --Buckle.
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     4. (Law) That part of the process or pleadings 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.
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     Declaration of Independence. (Amer. Hist.) See Declaration
        of Independence in the vocabulary. See also under
        Independence.
  
     Declaration of rights. (Eng. Hist) See Bill of rights,
        under Bill.
  
     Declaration of trust (Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee
        of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for
        the purposes and upon the terms set forth. --Abbott.
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  Declaration \Dec`la*ra"tion\, n. [F. d['e]claration, fr. L.
     declaratio, fr. declarare. See Declare.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement;
        distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
  
              Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel.
                                                    --Tillotson.
  
     3. The document or instrument containing such statement or
        proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now
        preserved in Washington).
  
              In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble
              Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the
              nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of
              every royal palace.                   --Buckle.
  
     4. (Law) 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.
  
     Declaration of Independence. (Amer. Hist.) See under
        Independence.
  
     Declaration of rights. (Eng. Hist) See Bill of rights,
        under Bill.
  
     Declaration of trust (Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee
        of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for
        the purposes and upon the terms set forth. --Abbott.