declaratory

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declaratory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Declaratory act (Law), an act or statute which sets forth
        more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.
        [1913 Webster]

declaratory - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  declaratory
      adj 1: relating to the use of or having the nature of a
             declaration [syn: declarative, declaratory,
             asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogatory]

declaratory - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DECLARATORY. Something which explains, or ascertains what before was 
  uncertain or doubtful; as a declaratory statute, which is one passed to put 
  an end to a doubt as to what the law is, and which declares what it is, and 
  what it has been. 1 Bl. Com. 86.