declaration

(n) a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
(n) (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- his declaration of innocence
(n) a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
(n) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make contract,
(n) a formal public statement
- the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
- a declaration of independence
announcement, proclamation, annunciation,
(n) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote resolution, resolve,

contract announcement proclamation annunciation resolution resolve

declarative