Definition of Declaration

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Declaration

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.

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Declaration Quotations

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
Barack Obama

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
Abraham Lincoln

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
John Adams

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
Calvin Coolidge

In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.
Howard Zinn

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
Will Durant

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von Bismarck

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
Henry Van Dyke

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks.
Hideki Tojo

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.
Wynton Marsalis

Declaration Translations

declaration in Afrikaans is verklaring
declaration in Danish is angivelse, opgivelse
declaration in Dutch is declaratie, verklaring
declaration in German is Vereinbarung
declaration in Latin is professio

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