Declaration of rights

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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