C. The act of declaring something to be true.
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1. The act of declaring something to be true. 2. Something declared or asserted as a matter of fact, especially in legal pleading, without it having yet been proved.
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The European Commission said Microsoft's Thursday announcement that it was boosting interoperability failed to resolve allegations of product tying and it would try to verify the pledges by the company. Microsoft said earlier it would make key technology elements of some of its best-selling software products widely available to boost the compatibility of its software with that of competitors and customers. In January, the EU executive started two formal antitrust investigations against Microsoft -- one relating to interoperability, and one relating to the tying of separate software products. "The Commission will therefore verify whether Microsoft is complying with EU antitrust rules, whether the principles announced today would end any infringement were they implemented in practice, and whether or not the principles announced today are in fact implemented in practice," it said. "Today's announcement by Microsoft does not address the tying allegations." Reuters, February 21, 2008