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| a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding |
| of or pertaining to crime or its punishment |
| declaration (ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an explicit or emphatic statement |
| 2. | a formal statement or announcement; proclamation |
| 3. | the act of declaring |
| 4. | the ruling of a judge or court on a question of law, esp in the chancery division of the High Court |
| 5. | law See also statutory declaration an unsworn statement of a witness admissible in evidence under certain conditions |
| 6. | cricket the voluntary closure of an innings before all ten wickets have fallen |
| 7. | contract bridge the final contract |
| 8. | a statement or inventory of goods, etc, submitted for tax assessment: a customs declaration |
| 9. | cards an announcement of points made after taking a trick, as in bezique |