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• a  relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

• Soviet declaratory doctrine, by contrast, is an auxiliary to propaganda and diplomacy.
• The Finkbines joined Hospital Administrator Stephen Morris in asking Superior Court for a declaratory judgment to bar any legal reprisals.
• While it is a fallacy to imagine any suicide as a solitary act even the tidiest affair leaves survivors stricken death by train is a particularly declaratory form of .

• declarative
• asserting

• interrogative
• interrogatory

News & Articles

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• In Patent Dispute, Tesla Plays Offense
  Faced with a demand letter claiming patent infringement, the electric carmaker's in-house lawyers moved for declaratory judgment.
  June 14, 2013 - Law.com
• Winter Haven CPA/Attorney Uncovers Tax Error Worth Millions to Citizens
  WINTER HAVEN, Fla., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- J. Kelly Kennedy, a Winter Haven Attorney and Certified Public Accountant, filed a declaratory action against the Polk County Property Tax Appraiser's ...
  June 11, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Xinhua
  In a White House statement, Obama said the United States is "further emphasizing the importance of nations meeting their Non-Proliferation Treaty and nuclear non-proliferation obligations through our declaratory policy."
• Jim Buckmaster in Boston Herald
  Mr. McMaster's repeated threats of criminal prosecution should we refuse to shut down Craigslist for South Carolina have left us little choice but to seek declaratory relief before the court,Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said Wednesday on his...
• Jacob M. Howard in Arizona Republic
  Here is what he said, as reported by the Congressional Globe: "This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to...