#declaration  emphatic or explicit statement
  supertype:  statement  a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
  subtype:  proclamation__announcement__annunciation  a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
     subtype:  promulgation  the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
  subtype:  manifesto__pronunciamento  a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
     subtype:  Communist_manifesto  a socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1842) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views
  subtype:  pronouncement__dictum__say-so__sayso  an authoritative declaration
     subtype:  directive  a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
  subtype:  averment__assertion__asseveration  a declaration that is made as if no supporting evidence were necessary
     subtype:  assertion_of_a_right__claim  an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
        subtype:  pretension  the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
     subtype:  claim.averment  an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
        subtype:  allegement__allegation  statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact
           subtype:  bill_of_Particulars  the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet
           subtype:  pleading  (law) an allegation in legal form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
              subtype:  affirmative_pleading__affirmativepleading  any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
              subtype:  alternative_pleading__alternativepleading__pleading_in_the_alternative  a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on
              subtype:  answer.pleading  the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
                 subtype:  evasive_answer__evasiveanswer  (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
                 subtype:  nolo_contendere__non_vult__nonvult  (criminal law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction
                 subtype:  plea.answer  (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
                    subtype:  dilatory_plea  a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
                    subtype:  insanity_plea__plea_of_insanity  (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
              subtype:  charge.pleading__complaint  (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
                 subtype:  accusal__accusation  a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
                    subtype:  self-accusation__self-condemnation  an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
                    subtype:  recrimination  mutual accusations
                    subtype:  allegation  a formal accusation against somebody
                       subtype:  grievance.allegation  an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
                       subtype:  lodgment__lodgement  bringing a charge or accusation against someone
                       subtype:  plaint  a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed
                    subtype:  imprecation  a slanderous accusation
                    subtype:  imputation.accusal  a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
                    subtype:  indictment  an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"
                    subtype:  information.accusal  formal accusation of a crime
                    subtype:  preferment.accusal  the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
                    subtype:  incrimination__inculpation__blame  an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on on the driver"
                       subtype:  self-incrimination  an accusation that incriminates yourself
                    subtype:  implication  a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing)
                       subtype:  unspoken_accusation__veiled_accusation  an accusation that is understood without needing to be spoken
                       subtype:  insinuation__innuendo  an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
              subtype:  complaint.pleading  (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
              subtype:  defective_pleading__defectivepleading  any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency
              subtype:  demurrer  (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
              subtype:  rebutter__rebuttal  (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
              subtype:  replication  (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
              subtype:  rejoinder  ( law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
              subtype:  special_pleading__specialpleading  (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations
              subtype:  surrebutter__surrebuttal  (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter
              subtype:  surrejoinder  ( law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder
     subtype:  accusation__charge  an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
     subtype:  contention  a point asserted as part of an argument
     subtype:  ipse_dixit__ipsedixitism  an unsupported dogmatic assertion
     subtype:  avowal__affirmation  a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
        subtype:  professing__profession  an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
        subtype:  affirmative  a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
           subtype:  yes__ye  an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes"
           subtype:  yea  an affirmative; "The yeas have it"
           subtype:  double_negative.affirmative__doublenegative  an affirmative constructed from two negatives; "A not unwelcome outcome"
     subtype:  testimony.averment  an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can't do it"
     subtype:  denial.averment  an assertion that something alleged is not true
        subtype:  negation.denial  the speech act of negating
           subtype:  contradiction.negation  the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
           subtype:  cancellation.negation  the act of revoking or annulling or making void
  subtype:  protestation  a strong declaration of protest
  subtype:  postulation__predication  a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
  subtype:  threat.declaration  declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
     subtype:  commination.threat  a threat of divine punishment or vengeance
     subtype:  menace  a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"
  subtype:  bid.declaration__bidding  (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
     subtype:  contract.bid  (bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
     subtype:  takeout  (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit
     subtype:  overcall__overbid  (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
     subtype:  preemptive_bid  a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

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