declaration

Meaning

Noun

• A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.
• A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
• The act or process of declaring.
• The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
• 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.
• The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Related

Similar words

• notice
• notice, statement
• avowal, notice, statement

Narrower meaning words

• forward declaration

Origin

• From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.