| 单词 | declarative act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeclarative act a. Characterized by making declaration; of the nature of a declaration or formal assertion. declarative act, declarative statute, etc. = declaratory adj. act, etc. ΚΠ 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 153 A declaratiue, or pronouncing sentence. 1646 S. Bolton Arraignment of Errour 136 Ministeriall, declaratiue, subordinate Judges. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 31 Whether the Act or Statute..were operative or declarative, creating new right, or manifesting, or restoring old right. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 97 The only Question is, Whether their Absolution be only declarative, or also operative? a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 335 It was a declarative law. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iii. 250 The best method of discovering the proper case of the pronoun, in such phrases..is, to turn them into declarative expressions. < as lemmas |
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