Having served its original purpose in announcing the independence of the United States, the Declaration was initially neglected in the years immediately following the American Revolution.
The officer charged the man with eight different counts, including making a false declaration for initially providing the short form of his first name (e.g., "Mike" instead of "Michael") and an address that, although legitimate, differed from the one on his license.
One charge, Making a False Declaration, was for initially providing the short form of his first name (e.g., "Mike" instead of "Michael"), and an address which, although legitimate, was different from the one on his driver's license.
The declaration reverses what had initially seemed like reluctance to impose martial law.
Their petition, known as Charter 08, which they issued online in early December to mark the 60th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was initially signed by 303 intellectuals.
Croatia agreed to freeze its independence declaration for three months, initially easing tensions.
It was formed on 15 August 1914, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, initially with a strength of one infantry division and one light horse brigade.
Many advances for working people that are now taken for granted were initially greeted by declarations that easier work schedules would ruin the country's moral character.
Emerging from the bloody protests in Selma, Ala., the Voting Rights Act was initially heralded as a declaration that the federal government would no longer tolerate the open racism of the segregated South.
