The phrase "a reference to the Declaration" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing or citing a specific document, particularly in legal, historical, or academic contexts.
Example: "The author makes a compelling argument by including a reference to the Declaration of Independence."
Alternatives: "an allusion to the Declaration" or "a citation of the Declaration".
This article was amended on 8 August 2018 to clarify a reference to the Balfour declaration.
3. The person presenting the goods shall make a reference to the entry summary declaration or customs declaration or declaration for temporary storage which has been lodged in respect of the goods, except where the lodging of an entry summary declaration is not required.
The front page of another Algerian paper, the anti-Islamist Ennahar, features a large picture of a sign saying "Nous sommes tous…Mohamed" ("We are all Muhammad"), in a reference to the ubiquitous declarations of "Je suis Charlie".
3. The person presenting the goods shall make a reference to the entry summary declaration or customs declaration which has been lodged in respect of the goods, except where the lodging of such declaration is not required.
Glass began speaking to other children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, initially for an academic thesis, then later as part of the group he founded Never Ever Again!, a reference to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights pledge.
Still further political and practical considerations influenced the redesign of the tower until all that remained of Libeskind's vision was the overall height of the building: 1,776 feet (540 metres), a reference to the year in which the Declaration of Independence was approved by the U.S. Continental Congress.
Among these is the requirement in Pascal that a declaration precede all references to the declaration.
While not denying that torture took place, the Foreign Office insists that the UK government retains no residual liability, deploying a range of constitutional precedents – including reference to the declaration of martial law in Jamaica in 1860 – to block the survivors' quest for compensation.
(Speaking before a crowd in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday night, Mr. Romney also stressed the word "life," in reference to the Declaration of Independence, repeating it three times).
