Associations to the word «Declaratory»

Wiktionary

DECLARATORY, adjective. Serving to declare or explain
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT, noun. (legal) A ruling of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of each party in a dispute, but does not necessarily award any damages or other relief.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS, noun. Plural of declaratory judgment

Dictionary definition

DECLARATORY, adjective. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis