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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
declaratory
    adj 1: relating to the use of or having the nature of a
           declaration [syn: declarative, declaratory,
           asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogatory]
2. The 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]
3. 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.
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