n. A clearing up; that which makes plain; explanation.n. A positive or formal statement in regard to anything; affirmation; explicit assertion; avowal; publication; proclamation.n. That which is proclaimed or declared; specifically, the document or instrument by which an announcement or assertion is formally made: as, the Declaration of Independence.n. In law: At common law, the pleading in which the plaintiff formally presents the allegations on which he bases his claim for relief in a civil action: now more commonly called complaint.n. In the criminal law of Scotland, the account which a prisoner who has been apprehended on suspicion of having committed a crime gives of himself, to be taken down in writing, on his examination.n. A confession of faith or doctrine: as, the Auburn Declaration; the Savoy Declaration, etc.n. In card-playing, an announcement or meld; in bridge, specifically, the naming of the trump suit by the dealer. Sometimes called the make.n. the neutral flag covers enemy's goods, except when contraband;n. neutral goods, except when contraband, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag;n. blockades to be binding must be effective. The United States refused to accept the first of these, but concurred in the others.