common seal

British  

noun

1. the official seal of a corporate body

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Example Sentences

It’s also a vital food source for many fish, sharks, marine mammals and birds — namely the common seal, California sea lion, Chinook salmon, blue shark, Brandt’s cormorant — and, of course, humans.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

The fraternity had its common seal, and the ordinary powers and privileges of corporations.

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden

A common seal to be kept in a place of safety, and affixed to all legal documents, by the secretary, in the presence of three directors. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway

They were both allowed to assure on ships at sea, and going to sea, and to lend money on bottomry; and each was to have "perpetual succession" and a common seal.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

The Company having lent to the public 1,200,000l. more, they are allowed to borrow under their common seal, to the amount of 1,500,000l. above what they might lawfully borrow by the preceding act.

From A Short View of the Laws Now Subsisting with Respect to the Powers of the East India Company To Borrow Money under their Seal, and to Incur Debts in the Course of their Trade, by the Purchase of Goods on Credit, and by Freighting Ships or other Mercantile Transactions by Anonymous