(cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
(law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
(computing) The specification of a variable's type.
“Thus, in 1933 Gadamer, along with other Marburg professors, signed a public declaration of allegiance to the National Socialist state.”
“The King was told to demand that his brother-in-law renounce all treaties hostile to France and make a public declaration of his peaceful intentions.”
“February 24 is celebrated as Estonian Independence Day, marking the formal declaration of Estonian independence in 1918.”
declarer
(bridge) The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.