declaration

noun

1. a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction"his declaration of innocence"
3. a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
4. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
5. a formal public statement"the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
6. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote