or DECLINATORY, an instrument contrived for taking the declinations, inclinations, and reclinations of planes.

DECLINATION of judge, in Scots law, declining the jurisdiction of a judge, or refusing to acquiesce in his judgment from any legal obligation to the judge himself, the incompetency of his jurisdiction to the nature of the action, or upon the privilege of the objector or decliner. See SCOTS LAW, title 2.

DECLIVITY denotes the reverse of acclivity. See ACCLIVITY.