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United Kingdom legislation
A statutory declaration is a legal document defined under the law of certain Commonwealth nations and in the United States. It is similar to a statement
Statutory_declaration
2006 murder in Shah Alam, Malaysia
Balasubramaniam retracted the statutory declaration he made on 1 July 2008 and proffered a second statutory declaration that erased all traces of allegations
Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa
Murder_of_Shaariibuugiin_Altantuyaa
Malaysian police officer and private investigator
Singh Sidhu for help in drafting his first statutory declaration. On 1 July 2008, the statutory declaration was made before the Commissioner of Oaths,
P._Balasubramaniam
Judicial officer
Court). A commissioner for declarations (C.dec) has powers limited to witnessing documents, witnessing statutory declarations, witnessing affidavits, witnessing
Justice_of_the_peace
Malaysian blogger (1950–2024)
Altantuya Shaariibuu) were being remanded in the same prison. In a statutory declaration on 18 June 2008, Raja Petra accused Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (the
Raja_Petra_Kamarudin
2009 murder in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
McLaren, had fabricated the statutory declaration and had come up with a plan to pay Vass $10,000 for adopting the declaration. It was also alleged that
Murder_of_Bob_Chappell
Written legal statement made under oath
exceeding 5 years, or both. This is designed to replace affidavits and statutory declarations in situations where the electronic means of lodgement or filing
Affidavit
Civil service position
document); administer oaths and affirmations; take affidavits and statutory declarations, including from witnesses; authenticate the execution of certain
Notary_public
Social and legal concept regarding transgender rights
gender through a statutory declaration, without requiring medical intervention. The process involves signing a statutory declaration before a civil officer
Gender_self-identification
Publicly traded limited liability company
the statuary declaration. The key difference with the paper process is that there is no Form 12 and requirement for a statutory declaration. This significantly
Public_limited_company
Legal act by a person of adopting a different name
decree absolute (proof of divorce), civil partnership certificate, statutory declaration or deed of change of name. Such documents are mere evidence that
Name_change
2025 political controversy in the United Kingdom
is in accordance with the terms of the trust, as warranted by a statutory declaration or statement of truth made by the trustee. Rayner's September 2025
Angela_Rayner_tax_scandal
Verified copy of a primary document
by a person who is able to witness a statutory declaration under federal legislation about Statutory Declarations. A person who has been admitted as an
Certified_copy
Wife of Malaysian politician Najib Razak
sentence at Kajang Prison upon the loss of Najib's final appeal. In a statutory declaration in his sedition trial in June 2008, Raja Petra said that he was
Rosmah_Mansor
Personal affirmation of a statement
Confirmation Ephebic Oath Performativity So help me God Statutory declaration Sworn declaration Vow "oath (n.)". Etym. online. 17 March 2019. Metsudah
Oath
Type of legally-binding declaration
statements are allowed for some purposes, but not others. Affidavit Oath Statutory declaration 28 U.S.C. § 1746(2) (for execution within the United States). For
Sworn_declaration
German politician (born 1972)
denied having ever written for NPD papers, but refused to give a statutory declaration as demanded by the AfD Federal Executive Board. In a 2014 email
Björn_Höcke
Person in a position of authority
declarations" (PDF). Gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022. "Who can witness your statutory declaration"
Officer_(armed_forces)
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Offenders Act 1988, Whole Act, Chapter 53". legislation.gov.uk. "Statutory declaration under s. 72(2), Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988". GOV.UK. Retrieved
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
Road_Traffic_Offenders_Act_1988
process of a statutory declaration or a court-ordered declaration of parentage. However, if the intended parent(s) choose the statutory declaration process
Surrogacy_in_Canada
Malaysian series of criminal trials
claiming to have been coerced into pleading guilty. Anees made a statutory declaration to that effect. However, Munawar's appeal was rejected by the High
Anwar_Ibrahim_sodomy_trials
1776 American national founding document
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding
United States Declaration of Independence
United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
Malaysian political controversies since 2009
Detective P. Balasubramaniam also linking then Najib to Altantuya in a statutory declaration on July 3, 2008. Najib has repeatedly denied knowing Altantuya or
Najib_Razak_controversies
Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022
discontinue their court cases. Zahid had previously admitted to writing a statutory declaration alongside Najib supporting Anwar for the position as prime minister
Anwar_Ibrahim
Evidence given by a witness ordered to tell the truth
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Statutory declaration Affirmation in law Performativity Canada Evidence Act (R.S.C., 1985
Sworn_testimony
Rights in English land law over another's land
The claimant must produce evidence, in a statement of truth or statutory declaration or a chain of such documents covering previous owners, of continuous
Easements_in_English_law
Australian outlaw motorcycle gang
"Brief outline of the statutory declaration provided in support of the application by the Commissioner for Police for a declaration of the Rebels Motorcycle
Rebels_Motorcycle_Club
Canadian-American businesswoman
her birth record seems to have disappeared, census records and a statutory declaration by her older brother, William Pearce Graham (1877–1959), both put
Elizabeth_Arden
Historic bungalow in Orchard Road, Singapore
in 2016 to discuss the issue, and why Lee Hsien Loong made the statutory declaration with the intent to influence the committee decision. Lucien Wong
38_Oxley_Road
Former Australian judge and criminal (born 1938)
reasons for making those declarations and orders, finding proven allegations that, in addition to the 2006 statutory declaration in respect of which he
Marcus_Einfeld
1975 Australian political scandal
refuted Connor's denial. On 13 October 1975, Khemlani provided a statutory declaration and a copy of the incriminating telexes sent from Connor's office
Loans_affair
Australian lawyer and police informer
initial inspection then rebound on Labor. Despite Gobbo's signed statutory declaration, Ryan denied the claim. Gobbo, under the pseudonym Witness F, was
Nicola_Gobbo
Falsifying an oath or affirmation
statements Obstruction of justice Performativity Pitchess motion Statutory declaration Testilying "Perjury The act or an instance of a person’s deliberately
Perjury
UK Acts of Parliament, 1840 to 1907
by post, the declaration to the Vaccination Officer of the district. It is the duty of all Magistrates to sign a Statutory Declaration when asked to
Vaccination_Act
Financial process by which a company is ended
insolvent. If the company is solvent, and the members have made a statutory declaration of solvency, the liquidation will proceed as a members' voluntary
Liquidation
Australian politician (born 1955)
and citizenship was scrutinised by the media. Roberts released a statutory declaration to the effect that he is only an Australian citizen, despite birth
Malcolm_Roberts_(politician)
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018
Detective P. Balasubramaniam also linked Najib to Altantuya in a statutory declaration (SD) on July 3, 2008. Najib has repeatedly denied knowing Altantuya
Najib_Razak
Legal restriction
who wish to register such names despite JPN objection must make a statutory declaration to that effect. In 2014, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Peya Mushelenga
Naming_law
Political crisis in Malaysia
members of the Dewan Rakyat, each through a statutory declaration on 18 August 2021. From the declaration letters, a total of 114 members of the Dewan
2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis
2020–2022_Malaysian_political_crisis
applying to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, supplying a statutory declaration of their gender identity and paying the prescribed fee. Minors under
Transgender rights in New Zealand
Transgender_rights_in_New_Zealand
Act of Parliament in New Zealand
nominated sex by statutory declaration. Allowing an eligible person aged 16 or 17 to change their nominated sex by statutory declaration without the consent
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021
Births,_Deaths,_Marriages,_and_Relationships_Registration_Act_2021
Record of peers in the United Kingdom
Essential items in proving succession are a formal petition and a statutory declaration made by a person other than the applicant. Guidance notes are produced
Roll_of_the_Peerage
British pre-grouping railway company (1859–1899/1922)
hands at all, but on the strength of these fictitious entries, the statutory declaration was made before a justice of the peace and authority given to raise
London, Chatham and Dover Railway
London,_Chatham_and_Dover_Railway
2004 Political scandal in New South Wales, Australia
July 2004. On 10 July 2004, Gazal, Orange Grove's owner, signed a statutory declaration alleging that he had been told by Labor member Joe Tripodi on 22 May
Orange_Grove_affair
Offences under sections 2 to 4 of the Perjury Act 1911 Making a false statutory declaration, contrary to section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 Offences under section
List of English criminal offences
List_of_English_criminal_offences
registered to vote for EU elections and that they have submitted a statutory declaration issued by the local authority of their residence. Irish citizens
2024 European Parliament election in Ireland
2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland
Irish political news website
Minister of State, insisting he had made genuine errors with his statutory declaration while saying he would not apologise for being a landlord. In January
The_Ditch_(website)
Sikh organization in New Zealand
Auckland branch. The then Secretary, Jasbir Singh Kalkat made a statutory declaration on 8 June 1982, that the Society was to purchase a property on the
Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand
Supreme_Sikh_Society_of_New_Zealand
address, Some schools have gone as far as requiring parents to make a statutory declaration before a Justice of the Peace or similar that they live in the school
Education_in_New_Zealand
birth certificates (of which gender markers are inalterable) during declaration of their intent of marriage. This requirement to produce birth certificates
Transgender people in Singapore
Transgender_people_in_Singapore
The application requires the submission of medical evidence and a statutory declaration. The tribunal is made up of medical and legal members appointed
Transgender rights in the United Kingdom
Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom
German politician (born 1970)
debates, not counting maternity leave. She answered back and gave a statutory declaration that she had participated in 75% of the debates. The European Parliament
Silvana_Koch-Mehrin
Australian rules football supporter
teenagers in late 1998. The victim, using the alias "Thomas", signed a statutory declaration to The Age alleging that Corfe, who was 39 at the time, invited
Joffa_Corfe
restraining order that is in force under the Harassment Act 1997, a statutory declaration from a member of the New Zealand Police, or a letter from either
Anonymous_elector
Jail riots in Australia in 1970 and 1974
Clark, who was released a month after the violence. He provided a statutory declaration to an Opposition MP, George Petersen. Petersen in turn provided
Bathurst_riots
Irish honorary position
is an honorary position in Ireland with special powers to make statutory declarations and witness signatures on documents under various Acts of the Oireachtas
Peace_Commissioner
Vaccine against Variola virus
easily obtained and a further act in 1907 allowed exemption by a statutory declaration which could not be refused. Although theoretically still compulsory
Smallpox_vaccine
and once at or after the age of 21. They would have to execute a Statutory Declaration stating their reason(s) for the change, and undertaking not to change
Race_in_Singapore
New Zealand rugby league player
making a false declaration for material benefit after he had asked Wyong Roos teammate Brad Keighran to sign a statutory declaration to lie about spiking
Jayden_Nikorima
Malaysian political analyst (born 1960)
2009-06-11. Retrieved 2014-03-02. Kaur, Jeswan. "PI Bala's first statutory declaration". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02
Abdul_Razak_Baginda
Law blocked by the UK Parliament in 2023
have lived in their "acquired gender" for two years; and c) make a statutory declaration that they intend to live in the acquired gender until death. In
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Gender_Recognition_Reform_(Scotland)_Bill
Covert security operation in Singapore
a second time. They were eventually released after they signed statutory declarations denying everything they had said in their press statement. The truth
Operation_Spectrum
Culturally recognised union between people
must be taken (if the mother agrees, the parents can both sign a "statutory declaration", but if the mother does not agree, the father has to apply to court)
Marriage
Australian former political staffer
a media interview given by the complainant, comparing it with a statutory declaration and looking for discrepancies. A suspended warrant was issued for
Bruce_Lehrmann
Australian lawyer
McLaren, had fabricated the statutory declaration and had come up with a plan to pay Vass $10,000 for adopting the declaration. It was also alleged that
Fabiano_Cangelosi
UK-based anti-transgender group
Recognition Act away from a medicalised system towards one based on statutory declaration. In late-July 2018, the group issued five demands: Evidence-based
Woman's_Place_UK
Neo-Hindu religious leader
Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht, submitting, among other things, statutory declarations from the interviewees. The court ruled in favor of the broadcaster
Vishwananda
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
This section created the offence of obtaining property by deception, a statutory version of the common law offence of cheating, and provided a definition
Theft_Act_1968
Australian lawyer (1942–2006)
about several issues in the trial, notably his role in drafting a statutory declaration by one of the witnesses. He also found that on the balance of probabilities
John_Marsden_(lawyer)
Sports salary cap regulation system
NRL introduced requirements for players and their agents to sign statutory declarations pledging their contracts comply with salary cap regulations, where
NRL_salary_cap
Dying without leaving a will
estate under statutory intestacy laws rather than by their expressed wishes. Alternatively this may also apply where a will or declaration has been made
Intestacy
Legal framework in Malaysia
and distributed. Copyright owners can claim ownership through a Statutory Declaration or by filing a Voluntary Notification at the Intellectual Property
Copyright_law_of_Malaysia
British cargo steamship that was built in 1911 and wrecked in 1929
location missing publisher (link) Swindell, John Harry (1929). "Statutory declaration of J.H. Swindell, Master, S.S. Trongate". Board of Trade – via Ameliapedia
SS_Norwich_City
Nur'aishah Bokhari Nur'aishah Bokhari made a writ of habeas corpus by statutory declaration claiming that she was detained involuntarily by her own family members
Freedom of religion in Malaysia
Freedom_of_religion_in_Malaysia
Process of electing the President of Singapore
submit the Community Committee's written acceptance of the declaration and a statutory declaration that he or she does not consider himself or herself a member
Presidential elections in Singapore
Presidential_elections_in_Singapore
Aspect of U.S. law, government, and military
A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another. A document
Declaration of war by the United States
Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States
Irish nurse and revolutionary (1883–1957)
O'Farrell was born 5 November 1883. Her birth was registered “on statutory declaration” 29 April 1884 per C.B. Ball, Assistant Registrar, General Register
Elizabeth_O'Farrell
bars and clubs in Singapore." The Media Development Authority (MDA), a statutory board of the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI), currently
LGBTQ_rights_in_Singapore
Village in Gloucestershire, England
(1089941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 June 2020. Statutory Declaration of D. N. Humphreys Wikimedia Commons has media related to Down Ampney
Down_Ampney
Jakobsdóttir proposed a bill to introduce gender recognition via statutory declaration in the country. The bill was passed by the Althing by a vote of
Feminist views on transgender topics
Feminist_views_on_transgender_topics
National political party in Malaysia
di-Pertuan Agong required all members of the Dewan Rakyat to submit a statutory declaration (SD) indicating their preference of Prime Minister,. Vice President
UMNO
Scottish medium (1897–1956)
Duncan's personal maid at the time of the séances and she made a statutory declaration before a Commissioner of Oaths that she used to purchase for Mrs
Helen_Duncan
recommended allowing adults to change legal sex by submitting a statutory declaration saying they intend to continue to identify as a person of the chosen
LGBTQ_rights_in_New_Zealand
only be issued on proof of a number of conditions (see below) by statutory declaration. Both parties must appear in person at the registrar to declare
Matrimonial_law_of_Singapore
Anglican church in Shropshire, England
November. Four days later he stood before his congregation to make the statutory declaration of assent and consent to the liturgy and doctrine of the Church
St Mary's Church, Sheriffhales
St_Mary's_Church,_Sheriffhales
System of units formerly used in England
the earliest statutory declaration for uniformity of weights and measures 1335 8 & 9 Edw. 3. c. 1[clarification needed] — First statutory reference describing
English_units_of_measurement
Form of civil union granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004
stay married or in a civil partnership if their spouse signs a statutory declaration that they agree to the gender change changing the opposite sex marriage
Civil partnership in the United Kingdom
Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom
Ghanaian pastor
formally changed his name to Charles Agyinasare. in 2011 through a statutory declaration executed under Ghanaian law. He earned a PhD in Business from the
Charles_Agyinasare
Australian multi-code footballer
to allow gender to be changed on Birth Certificates by a simple statutory declaration. Later on that day on his personal Twitter account, Folau posted
Israel_Folau
Academy of Engineering. Individual voting replaced. Responsible persons of statutory bodies, advisory bodies and relevant associations. Nominated from among
2021 Hong Kong electoral changes
2021_Hong_Kong_electoral_changes
1871–74 English legal case
where he was able to raise money from banks on the basis of a statutory declaration that he was Roger Tichborne. The statement was later found to contain
Tichborne_case
does not have explicit freedom of speech in any constitutional or statutory declaration of rights, with the exception of political speech which is protected
Freedom_of_speech_by_country
Conservative Christian lobby group
lengthy process in the Family Court, the Government proposed a simple statutory declaration. Family First Director McCoskrie claimed that changing birth certificates
Family_First_New_Zealand
Type of notice issued by a law enforcement official
registered owner deemed liable unless they nominate another driver via statutory declaration. Driver issued infringements These are generally issued 'on the
Traffic_ticket
Australian politician
1 December 1994, Grusovin used parliamentary privilege to air a statutory declaration by convicted pedophile Colin John Fisk alleging that politician
Deirdre_Grusovin
Neo-Hindu group based in Germany
Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht, submitting, among other things, statutory declarations from the interviewees. The court ruled in favor of the broadcaster
Bhakti_Marga_(organisation)
British racing driver (1918–2011)
certificate was changed on 17 May of that year, on production of a statutory declarations by Cowell and Charles Eugene Dusseau, who was a Canadian doctor
Roberta_Cowell
Australian politician
Recovery. Wilson provided incorrect information in a statutory declaration and 'solemn declaration' when she falsely claimed to have lived in the North
Felicity_Wilson
self-identification, with gender defined by the applicant through a statutory declaration. This allows a diversity of genders. Any gender-related description
Transgender rights in Australia
Transgender_rights_in_Australia
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
dysphoria diagnosis. Instead, they would have been required to make a statutory declaration that they intend to remain permanently in their acquired gender
Gender_Recognition_Act_2004
STATUTORY DECLARATION
STATUTORY DECLARATION
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hillary.William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Newport, RI, in 1727.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey).Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1).German : variant of Moritz.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse).Morris was the name of an extensive and powerful family in colonial North America, whose members played a leading part in the emergence of the nation. They were descended from Richard Morris (d. 1672), who fought in Oliver Cromwell’s army and then became a merchant in Barbados. His son Lewis (1671–1746) established the “manor†of Morrisania in NY. His grandson, Lewis (1726–98), third owner of that manor, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Two other grandsons, Richard and Gouverneur, were also key figures in the Revolution. Their half-brother Staats Morris (1728–1800) was a general in the British army who was appointed governor of Quebec.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Clement.George Clymer (1739–1813), a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution, was a prosperous and well-connected Philadelphia merchant. His grandfather, Richard Clymer, came to Philadelphia in 1705 from Bristol, England.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Revelation. Declaration.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English re(a)d ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from an unattested Old English rīed, r̄d ‘woodland clearing’.English : Read in Lancashire, the name of which is a contracted form of Old English rǣghēafod, from rǣge ‘female roe deer’, ‘she-goat’ + hēafod ‘head(land)’; Rede in Suffolk, so called from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’; or Reed in Hertfordshire, so called from an Old English ryhð ‘brushwood’.English : A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly so named from Old English gÄra ‘triangular piece of land’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.Born in England, John Gorham emigrated to MA and in 1643 married Desire Howland, daughter of John Howland, who came to America on the Mayflower. His descendant Nathaniel (1738–96) was born in Charlestown, MA, and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a willow tree, Middle English wythe (Old English wiððe).American bearers of the surname Wythe trace their ancestry to Thomas Wythe, who emigrated from England to VA in 1680. One of his descendants was the statesman and jurist George Wythe (1726–1806), mentor of Thomas Jefferson and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.Americanized spelling of German Schuermann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.Roger Sherman (1722–93), the only man to sign all three documents at the foundation of the American republic (the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution), was born in Newton, MA, a descendant of Capt. John Sherman, who had emigrated in about 1636 to MA from Dedham, Essex, England, where his father was a farmer, following his brother Edmund, who had emigrated two years earlier. A descendant of Edmund Sherman was the U.S. general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–91), who led the Union march through GA. He was born in Lancaster, OH, the son of a judge; his middle name was bestowed in honor of a Shawnee chieftain.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the medieval personal name Nel or Neal, Anglo-Scandinavian forms of the Gaelic name Niall (see Neill). This was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form Njal and was introduced into northern England and East Anglia by them, rather than being taken directly from Gaelic.Americanized spelling of the like-sounding Scandinavian names Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson.The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled about 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Kent and Sussex)
English (mainly Kent and Sussex) : from the Middle English personal name Pain(e), Payn(e) (Old French Paien, from Latin Paganus), introduced to Britain by the Normans. The Latin name is a derivative of pagus ‘outlying village’, and meant at first a person who lived in the country (as opposed to Urbanus ‘city dweller’), then a civilian as opposed to a soldier, and eventually a heathen (one not enrolled in the army of Christ). This remained a popular name throughout the Middle Ages, but it died out in the 16th century.Thomas Payne, who was a freeman of the Plymouth Colony in 1639, was the founder of a large American family, which included Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The author of the republican treatise The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine (1737–1809), left England for North America in the mid 1770s, where he became involved in the movement that led to independence. His pamphlet of 1776, Common Sense, influenced the Declaration of Independence and furnished some of the arguments justifying it.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Jeffrey.The third U.S. president, author of the Declaration of Independence, and VA statesman Thomas Jefferson relates in his memoirs a family tradition that he was descended from Welsh stock on his father’s side, while noting the relative infrequency of the name Jefferson in Wales. It is a characteristically northern English name. A Jefferson was among the burgesses who attended the first representative assembly at Jamestown, VA, in 1619.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places so called, named with the genitive plural huntena of Old English hunta ‘hunter’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ or dūn ‘hill’ (the forms in -ton and -don having become inextricably confused). A number of bearers of this name may well derive it from Huntingdon, now in Cambridgeshire (formerly the county seat of the old county of Huntingdonshire), which is named from the genitive case of Old English hunta ‘huntsman’, perhaps used as a personal name, + dūn ‘hill’.A prominent American family of this name were founded by Simon Huntington, who himself never saw the New World, for he died in 1633 on the voyage to Boston, where his widow settled with her children. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) was an American railway magnate. Beginning with little education or money, he made a huge fortune, some of which he left to his nephew, Henry Huntington (1850–1927), who used the money to establish the Huntington library and art gallery in CA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke).Dutch : from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived among rushes, from Middle English rush (a collective singular, Old English rysc), or perhaps an occupational name for someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra (see Loughrey).Irish : Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada, ‘descendant of Fuada’ a personal name meaning ‘hasty’, ‘rushing’ (see Foody).Altered spelling of German Rüsch or Rusch (see Rusch) or Rosch.Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the PA farming community of Byberry. He was descended from John Rush, a yeoman from Oxfordshire, England, who came to Byberry in 1683.
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English : of uncertain origin, perhaps, as Reaney suggests, from a pet form of the Old English personal name Wippa, or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a whipple tree, whatever that may have been. Chaucer lists whippletree (probably a kind of dogwood) along with maple, thorn, beech, hazel, and yew.Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, in about 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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English : habitational name from any of the numerous places called Walton. The first element in these names was variously Old English walh ‘foreigner’, ‘Briton’, genitive plural wala (see Wallace), w(e)ald ‘forest’, w(e)all ‘wall’, or wæll(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward Co., VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
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English : habitational name from any of the places, for example in Cheshire, County Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and North and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk’ or stoc ‘dependent settlement’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. It is not possible to distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms.A family of this name were established in America by an English Quaker, Richard Stockton, in 1656. He bought large tracts of land around Princeton, NJ, and founded an estate on which his great-grandson, Richard Stockton (1730–81), a leading colonial lawyer and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born.
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English : habitational name for someone from Woolcot in Somerset, possibly so named from Middle English wolle ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’.Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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From Lorraine; Kingdom of Lothar; Made Famous in Battle
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English : habitational name from Merriott in Somerset, named in Old English as ‘boundary gate’ or ‘mare gate’, from (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’ or miere ‘mare’ + geat ‘gate’.English : variant (as a result of hypercorrection) of Marriott, or of Marryat, which is from a Middle English personal name, Meryet, Old English Mǣrgēat, composed of the element mǣr ‘boundary’ + the tribal name Gēat (see Joslin).
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American, Arabic, British, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Jamaican, Malayalam, Parsi, Sanskrit, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Told by God; God has Listen; To Hear; Sun; His Name is God; Sun Child; Little Sun; Strong Person; Heard of God; God; Good Person
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Thought
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Netherlands, Polish, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Famed; Bright; Shining; An All-time Favorite Boys Name Since the Middle Ages; A; 14th-century King Robert the Bruce; Robert Burns the Poet
Boy/Male
Arabic
Beauty of the Faith
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English Shakespearean
From the south spring.
Female
English
Short form of English Elizabeth, BET means "God is my oath."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Krishna
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Indian, Tamil
Wealthy Person
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a.
Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.
n.
Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
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The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
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A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
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The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
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of Statuary
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The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
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One who practices the art of making statues.
a.
A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
n.
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
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That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
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The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
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Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
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The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
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Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
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A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.
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Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.
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A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
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To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.