declaration

noun

1.
a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
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declare
2.
(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
3.
a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
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declare
4.
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Derived from:
declare
6.
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote