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▪ I. † ˈdeclarator, n.1 Obs. [a. L. dēclārātor, agent-n. from dēclārāre to declare.] One who declares or makes manifest; an informer.
a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1633) 100 The other part to the Declarator, Detector or Informer. ▪ II. declarator, n.2 Sc.|dɪˈklærətə(r)| [representing F. déclaratoire (acte, sentence déclaratoire), med.L. dēclārātōrius, -a, -um: see declaratory.] A declaratory statement, ‘a legal or authentic declaration’ (Jam.). (action of) declarator (Sc.Law): a form of action in the Court of Session, in which something is prayed to be declared judicially, the legal consequences being left to follow as a matter of course.
1567Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 28 (Jam.) Desyring our souerane lord, etc., to gif declaratour to the said William Dowglas..that he has done his detfull diligence. 1599James I βασιλ. Δωρον (1603) 17 Your pronouncing of sentences, or declaratour of your will in judgement. 1746–7Act 20 Geo. II, c. 50 §3 The citation in the general declarator of non-entry. 1864Daily Tel. 13 June, The Scotch courts have a kind of action called a declarator of marriage, in which they affirm or negative the abstract proposition that two persons are married persons. 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. ii. i. 92 They raised a summons of declarator against the Council concluding that Elgin Academy was a public School. 1884Law Reports 9 App. Cases 305 The present action was brought..for declarator of his right to one-half of the heritable estate. |