declaration

1. is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
   subtypes:

   • bastardization - declaring or rendering bastard
   • confession - a public declaration of your faith
   • manifesto, pronunciamento - a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
   • dictum, pronouncement, say-so - an authoritative declaration
   • assertion, asseveration, averment - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
   • protestation - a strong declaration of protest
   • postulation, predication - (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
   • threat - declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
2. referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: testimony - a solemn statement made under oath
3. is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
4. referred to in: contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
   is a type of: bid, bidding - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
   is a part of: bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four players
   same as: contract
5. is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
   subtypes:

   • edict - a formal or authoritative proclamation
   • promulgation - the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
   same as: announcement, annunciation, proclamation
6. is a type of: document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
   subtypes: joint resolution - a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
   specific instances: declaration of independence - the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain
   same as: resolution, resolve

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