"To sign the declaration" means to officially put your name on a document, usually a written statement or agreement, to show your support or approval of its contents.
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In some instances, the store will make the person accused of theft
sign a declaration stating that he or she will not return to the store in the future.
Together, the
couple signs a declaration that marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman who agree to live together as husband and wife as long as they both live.
The parties involved have
signed a declaration of intent, in which each party agrees to contribute its own expertise toward finding a solution for this form of crime.
You can get involved
by signing the declaration (or taking it a step further and recording an empowering statement), and for each person that gets involved, Kotex will donate $ 1 to Girls For A Change.
I confirm that I have acted in accordance with the code of practice or conduct for experts of my discipline, namely [identify the code]» This amendment makes it clear that the code of practice or conduct to be followed by an expert
when signing a declaration on a report that is made available for the court, should be the code of practice or conduct relevant to that individual expert's profession.
Lawyers who act in real estate transactions will now be required to
sign a declaration at the end of each year to confirm they know how to avoid becoming a victim of mortgage and real estate fraud.
On the fringes, major corporations trading in agricultural commodities grown on former rainforest land joined with governments in
signing a declaration promising to halve net deforestation by 2020 and end it by 2030.
While there is only so much lawyers can do to ensure the borrower is in fact the person planning to live in the house, even having the
client sign a declaration to that effect could be protection against a claim later on.
Although
signing the declaration makes it impossible for a third party to produce arbitrary declarations, it does not prevent them from using force to coerce Freedom Node to produce false declarations.
In July 2015, all Health Authority CEOs in
BC signed a Declaration of Commitment to advancing cultural humility and cultural safety within their organizations.
Prominent Welsh figures including the Super Furry Animals and actor Matthew Rhys are among those who have
signed a declaration calling for the Welsh Assembly to be handed greater powers.
In 2012, more than 40 biomedical
organizations signed a Declaration on Openness on Animal Research; the new concordat, which grew out of that declaration, was informed by consultations with the public and journalists and has been signed by 72 universities, government labs, research charities, drug companies, learned societies, trade associations, and research councils.
On July 4, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams Thomas Jefferson and 53 other delegates from the second Continental
Congress signed the declaration of independence.
In a near outright insurrection, published December 23 as an open letter to their boss, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., 561 staffers and a few
retirees signed a declaration of frustration.
In the arbitration proceedings, Ms.
Martin signed a declaration listing her office address as One Trump National Drive, which is at the Trump Organization's Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif..
In 2002, at the 50th anniversary of the World Humanist Congress in Amsterdam, the gathered
participants signed a declaration affirming «the worth, dignity and autonomy of the individual and the right of every human being to the greatest possible freedom compatible with the rights of others».
In this year's meeting of the Council for Partnerships on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA), the research
heads signed a declaration of support to endorse this regional platform to their respective Ministries of Agriculture for further deliberation.
One fascinating fact I came across while researching this article was that in 1794, 45 members of the
society signed a declaration of loyalty to their sovereign George III, which stated that they «detest all levelling and Republican principles tending to subvert the same, and which can only lead to anarchy and confusion and the destruction of all regular government».
Like other candidates, I have
signed a declaration fully supporting the agreement by David Cameron and Mirek Topolanek that, following the elections in 2009, we should `... establish a new parliamentary group, which other like - minded parties will be invited to join».
The author would also be required to submit to Science a zipped archive of the same Web site on a CD - ROM, with complete instructions for unzipping and installing the database, and to
sign a declaration certifying that the copy on the CD - ROM is the same as that on the publicly available Web site.
Despite this, 43 countries will
sign a declaration urging the UN to adopt a 1.5 °C target, and the V20 — the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change — are expected to vote as a bloc, urging stronger global aims.
One source of disagreement is how much Cold Spring Harbor actually knew about what was in the patent applications; while its lawsuit claims that Hannon didn't know about the copying until March 2008, when a Cold Spring Harbor attorney informed him of the news, Ropes & Gray says that «Dr. Hannon (along with his four co-inventors)
signed declarations under oath... confirming that each application accurately disclosed the work for which they were seeking patent protection.»
During a historic European heat wave, 36 Nobel
laureates signed a declaration on climate change — and tried to shout down the science - denying claims of one of their own
Ian Viney, director of strategic evaluation and impact at the Medical Research Council and the research council representative on the Responsible Metrics Forum, said that the decision to
sign the declaration emphasises current practice at the councils.
To become a member of the E4E group, which received some $ 160,000 in start - up funding from the Gates Foundation, individuals must
sign a declaration asserting, among other beliefs, that teachers should be evaluated based on student progress and that tenure policies should be rethought.
At the beginning of the fund - flows week on Thursday, March 8, the stock market ended higher despite President Donald
Trump signing a declaration to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
iCatCare Chief Executive Claire Bessant (right) with Riva Mayer of the Cat Welfare Society of Israel having just signed the Declaration
Shortly after Ibrahim
Çağlar signed the declaration during the MPI European Meetings & Events Conference at the Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Dr Gerhard Rusch, City Councillor for Tourism, Graz, also put his name to the declaration, bringing the current total to 101 names.
Last month, he attended the climate - treaty talks in Bali as part of a small delegation representing 200 scientists who
signed a declaration pressing negotiators to commit to preventing the global temperature from rising more than 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above where it is now (roughly 59 degrees).
But 14 European Union nations, ranging from relative newcomers like Latvia to France, have
signed declarations insisting that subsidies are vital to their interests, according to Common Fisheries Policy Reform Watch, a Web site created by three members of the European Parliament.
On July 16, 2015, five nations (United States of America, Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark / Greenland)
signed a declaration committing to keep their fishing vessels out of a 1.1 million square mile zone in the central Arctic Ocean near the North Pole.
Civil society is not alone in making this point, just last week, 100 economists from around the
world signed the Declaration on Climate Finance, calling for an immediate end to investment in fossil fuel production and infrastructure.