单词 | under the signet |
释义 | > as lemmasunder the signet b. spec. The seal originally used by the sovereigns of England and Scotland for private purposes, and later used on behalf of the sovereign to authenticate royal warrants and other official documents. Also: the authority of the signet. More fully royal (also King's, Queen's) signet. Frequently in under the signet and variants. Now chiefly historical.Clerk of the Signet: see clerk n. Compounds 2. Keeper of the Signet: see Keeper of the Signet n. at keeper n. 1c. Writer to the Signet: see writer n. Phrases 2. extracted from signetn. (a) In English contexts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > seal > official or sovereign green waxa1350 secret seal1378 privy seal1410 signet1410 Great Seal1419 private seal1440 common seal1449 cocket1451 privy signet1477 half-seal1509 targec1510 broad seal1550 1410 in Speculum (1939) 14 25 (MED) In witnesse of which thynge oure forsaide soverain lord the kynge hath so set to this present Instruccion his prive seal and his signet also. ?1417 in E. Déprez Études de Diplomatique Anglaise (1908) 100 Yeven, under owr signet, atte owr castel of Touque, ye xii day of aoust. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 35 (MED) To this office are belonging iiii clerks, sufficiaunt writers of the Kings signet under the seide Secretary. 1520 Clerical Subsidies (P.R.O. 64/299 B) The kinges moost honorable lettres of placcarde dated under his signet. 1578 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 300 For the privie seale and the signet for the Revells money. 1602 in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 150 Given under our Signet..in the fortie three yeere of Our Raigne. a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 17 Given under our signet at our Honour of Hampton Court. 1725 Daily Post 15 May His Majesty hath been graciously pleased, by a Warrant under his Royal Signet and Sign Manual, to approve [etc.]. 1779 F. Maseres Canad. Freeholder II. 277 The instructions under the signet and sign-manual ought only to contain directions to his Majesty's governours. 1825 Addit. Instr. to Lord Charles Somerset in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1904) XX. 7 The Instructions under the Royal Signet and Sign Manual. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. vi. 669 The King's signet, used in sealing all grants superscribed by the Royal sign-manual. 1939 J. Otway-Ruthven King's Secretary iii. 39 The signet warrants to the privy seal merely order the issue of warrants..and this use of the signet was never seriously opposed. 1997 K. Fincham in N. Tyacke Hist. Univ. Oxf. IV. iv. 208 At Oxford, in contrast to Cambridge, very few mandates under the signet were issued after 1633. (b) In Scottish contexts.In later use serving as the seal of the Court of Session. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > seal > official or sovereign > in Scotland signet1433 1433 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 390 Vrittin under our seignet, at Striuelyn, the xvi day of Mars, and of our regne twenty and aucht yer. 1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxxxi The schireffis of Forfar..to summond..the personis..in a portous under the signet, to compere befor our soverane lord [etc.]. 1513–14 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 10 He that kepit the signet. 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 186 And ordanis the signet to ansuer lettres upoun his deliverance. ?1661 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1954) IV. 178 We desyr yow to wait upon the signet and advertise us against quhom and quhat persons to raise lawburrowes. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 667 The Keepers and other Officers of the Queens Signet. 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. i. iii. §39 When the signet is mentioned indefinitely, that of the session is commonly understood; which is also called the King's signet. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 99 The Royal Signet in Scotland is placed under the direction and control of the Judges of the Court of Session. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 350 The Parliament..assumed the power of stopping the signet, in other words, of suspending the whole administration of justice. 1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 17 These [sc. general charge, special charge, and general-special charge] being writs under the signet for compelling heirs in heritage to take up or renounce the succession. 1999 J. Goodare State & Society in Early Mod. Scotl. vii. 234 More government was a matter of parliamentary statutes, tax demands, royal letters under the signet, and litigation in the court of session. < as lemmas |
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