Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Declaratory

Declaratory , adjective

[Compare French déclaratoire.]

Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature.
Collocations (1)
Declaratory act (Law) , an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.