Declaration of Independence
- Declaration of Independence
- 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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Declaration of Independence — [deklə reɪʃn əv ɪndɪ pendəns], die Unabhängigkeitserklärung der USA … Universal-Lexikon
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