declaration of rights

declaration of rights.

1. An action in which a litigant requests a court’s assistance not because any rights have been violated but because those rights are uncertain. • Examples include suits for a declaration of legitimacy, for declaration of nullity of marriage, and for the authoritative interpretation of a will.

2. DECLARATORY JUDGMENT. — Often shortened to declaration.


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