declarant

American  

[dih-klair-uhnt] / dɪˈklɛər ənt /

noun

1. a person who declares or makes a declaration or statement.

2. Law. a person who is not a citizen of the Unied States and who has formally declared their intention before a court of record to become a citizen of the U.S.

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declarant British  

/ dɪˈklɛərənt /

noun

1. law a person who makes a declaration

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Etymology

Origin of declarant

First recorded in 1675–85; declare + -ant

Example Sentences

For example, there's an exception to the hearsay rule for “a statement describing or explaining an event or condition, made while or immediately after the declarant perceived it.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2019

NBC News later reported that the apparent declarant had said Avenatti "twisted her words."

From Fox News • Oct. 8, 2019

The declarant must file a separate document attesting to the veracity of the sworn statement.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

What are the names of this declarant and his companions?

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

Hatteraick himself, his mate Vanbeest Brown, and three others, of whom the declarant was 'one, went into the adjacent woods to communicate with some of their friends in the neighbourhood.

From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir