Proclaim - Law Dictionary Search Results
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proclaim : to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally [ an amnesty] ...
Proclaimer
One who proclaims...
Pour faire proclaimer
Pour faire proclaimer, an ancient writ addressed to the may or bailiff of a city or town, requiring him to make proclamation concerning nuisances, etc., Fitz. N.B. 176....
proclamation
proclamation 1 : the act of proclaiming 2 : something proclaimed ;specif : an official formal public announcement (as a public notice, edict, or decree) compare declaration, executive order ...
Herald
An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war to challenge to battle to proclaim peace and to bear messages from the commander of an army He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character...
Preach
To proclaim or publish tidings specifically to proclaim the gospel to discourse publicly on a religious subject or from a text of Scripture to deliver a sermon...
Herald
Herald [fr. here, Sax., an army, and heald, a champion; herault, heraut, Fr.; herald, Ger.; araldo, Ital.; because it was part of his office to charge or challenge unto battle or combat], an officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were anciently called Dukes at Arms, probably from the Latin ducere ad arma; because the conducting of affairs concerning peace and war devolved upon them, their office being to carry messages to the enemy, and to proclaim war and peace. Hence the persons of heralds were deemed sacred by the law of nations, and were received and protected by belligerent powers, as flags of truce are in the present day. The three chief heralds are called Kings of Arms; of whom (1) Garter is the principal, instituted by Henry V. His office is to attend the Knights of the Garter at their solemnities, and to marshal the funerals of the nobility. (2) Clarencieux King...
Pronounce
Pronounce, means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare, to utter, to articulate, Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, New Edition, p. 1030.The term 'pronounce' means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare to, utter, to articulate, Shamim Ara v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2002) 7 SCC 518: AIR 2002 SC 3551 (3557). (Criminal, PC 1973, s. 125)...
claim
claim [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a : a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due ;specif : a demand for a benefit (as under the workers' compensation law) or contractual payment (as under an insurance policy) b : a paper embodying such a demand [filing a with the court] 2 : a title to something (as a debt or privilege) in the possession of another [assigned her to the proceeds] 3 a : a right to seek a judicial remedy arising from a wrong or injury suffered [a plaintiff who has been injured in an accident has…one for a broken arm, another for a ruptured spleen, and so forth "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] ;also : the formal assertion of such a right [bringing a in the district court] b : cause of action [a plaintiff stated a against a seller of applesauce when she alleged that her children…ate the applesauce…and were then so discomforted that they had to have their stomachs pumped "J. J. Whit...
declaration
declaration 1 : the act of declaring [ of dividends] [ of war] 2 a : the first pleading in a common-law action compare complaint, indictment b : a statement usually not under oath made by a party to a legal transaction [the attorney must later sign an affidavit or stating that he has informed the debtor "J. H. Williamson"] c : a statement not under oath being offered as evidence declaration against interest : a statement made by someone unavailable as a witness that is against that person's own interests (as pecuniary or property interests) or may subject that person to liability compare admission, confession, self-incrimination NOTE: A declaration against interest is an exception to the hearsay rule. A statement that is offered to clear the accused is not admissible without corroborating circumstances under the Federal Rules of Evidence. dy·ing declaration : a statement that is made by a person who firmly believes that he or she is about to die and has no hope of recove...
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