Declaratory

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  • adjective. Declarative.
  • adjective. Relating to a judgment from a court establishing the legal rights and duties of the parties where the law is not settled.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making declaration, clear manifestation, or exhibition; affirmative; declarative.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive.
  • adjective. an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Serving to declare or explain
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
  • Word Usage
    "But what we've asked the sheriff in what we call declaratory relief is we've asked the judge to weigh in and give us an opinion, because we don't think it's correct and we don't want anymore coming out."
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