单词 | to firm with the hand |
释义 | > as lemmasto firm with the hand a. To make (a document) valid by authoritative seal, indorsement, signature, stamp, or the like; to subscribe, sign. Also, to firm with the hand. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > confirm by seal, stamp, or signature subscribe?c1444 firm1510 1510 Will of Jamys Deram (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/16) f. 290 Fyrmed..wt my hand. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 99 To firme it with the hand, is meere folly. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 99 If..Catiline and other his fellowes had not firmed the letter of their coniuration. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 369 I caused your bill to be firmed by the Quene. 1588 Ord. Spanish Fleet in Harl. Misc. (1744) I. 111 These my instructions are..firmed by my hand. 1613 J. Hayward William I in Lives III Normans 98 Charters and deeds..were firmed by the parties speciall seale. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 156v Writings..were wont to be firmed in England with Crosses of gold. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian v. 120 Your Fathers hand: Firm'd with his Signet. < as lemmas |
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