A document or estreat giving notice of a fine, amercement, etc., delivered by the Exchequer and bearing a green wax seal; such documents regarded…

In various special collocations. = secre seal at secre, adj. 2. Also = privy seal, n.

A seal affixed to documents which are afterwards to pass under the Great Seal (Great Seal, n.1 1), and to documents of less importance which do not…

spec. The seal originally used by the sovereigns of England and Scotland for private purposes, and… In English contexts.

The seal (seal, n.2 3a) used for the authentication of documents of formal or constitutional importance issued in the name of a sovereign or (in a…

= privy seal, n. 3a.

the official seal used by a corporation.

A seal of the King's (or Queen's) custom house, used by officers to issue documents such as permits or those of the type described at sense 1a. Now…

= signet, n. 1b; the office in which royal documents were prepared and the privy signet affixed to them; a document given under this signet.

The impression of the reverse side or ‘foot’ of the Great Seal, with which certain documents used to be sealed. (Cf. half-bull n. at half-, comb._form…

A name applied in the reigns of the first three Edwards to the King's private or privy seal (perhaps bearing a shield as its device). Obsolete.

The Great Seal of England. Also transferred.