The practice of keeping secrets.
protection from observation or surveillance.
The condition of being hidden or concealed.
The act or process of declaring.
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.
The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.
A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.