Dĕc`la-rā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. declaratio, from declarare; Fr. déclaration, Sp. declaracion, Pr. declaratio, It. dichiarazione. See DECLARE.]

1. The act of declaring, proclaiming, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion, &c.
2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression. “Declarations of mercy and love . . . made in the gospel.” Tillotson.
3. The document or instrument by which an assertion or announcement is authoritatively verified; as, a legal declaration; the Declaration of Independence.

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 or pleadings in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration, count, or counts.