Declaration
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration. The act or process of declaring. The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed. In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
Example sentence: The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.
Contract
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To enter into a contract with.To gain or acquire (an illness).To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
Example sentence: Until the contract is signed, nothing is real.