The term DECLARED, IN COURT can be summarized as the act of making a formal statement in a court of law. The crossword solution for this term is PLED, which is short for 'pleading, ' which is the act of formally presenting a case to a court. This is usually done by an attorney on behalf of their client, and the statement is made in order to establish the facts of the case and to provide evidence to support the claims being made.