declaration vs evidence

declaration

noun
  • A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc. 

  • 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. 

  • The act or process of declaring. 

  • A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration. 

evidence

noun
  • A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. 

  • Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. 

  • Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. 

  • One who bears witness. 

verb
  • To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. 

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