This association declared in 1876 that the Boulonnais, Norman, Percheron and Picardy breeds were all essentially the same, and should all be known as the "Norman horse".

"The proposed building is exactly the model of development that the tower regulation amendments were designed to outlaw," the association declared.

The association subsequently declared that "the Association has no official spokesman and that the presidential address does not represent official policy of the association".

In recent weeks, about 35 such associations have declared their intention to withdraw from the national umbrella mainly because they disagree with the extreme direction and the violent tactics it is adopting.

But a player the association declared ineligible will stay that way.

In 1902, the association declared that a football game would be added to the day's events.

The association declares "protecting diversity and promoting choice in Irish Architecture", it also claims "promoting and protecting the provision of architectural services in Ireland".

When a national association of ultra-Orthodox rabbis, the Agudath Harabonim, recently had declared the Reform and Conservative branches were "not Judaism at all"?

All associations and relationships declared in one space can thus be subsequently tested in another related space right up to the reference domain.

At Livingston College, a newspaper was forced to halt publication when the student association temporarily froze the paper's financing after it printed an article the association declared "racially offensive."