Hypertext Webster Gateway: "declaratory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Declaratory \De*clar"a*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]claratoire.]
Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear
or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause
declaratory of the will of the legislature.
{Declaratory act} (Law), an act or statute which sets forth
more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
declaratory
adj : relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
[syn: {declarative}, {asserting(a)}] [ant: {interrogative},
{interrogative}]
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