common seal

British  

noun

1. the official seal of a corporate body

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common seal

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

There were constant complaints by the nuns that the Prioress kept the common seal in her own custody and performed all business without consulting them.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

They had power to elect professors also of horsemanship, dancing, painting, engraving, &c.; were made a body corporate, were permitted to use a common seal, and to possess goods and lands in mortmain.

From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

This society is incorporated with the usual clauses, hath power to receive benefactions, purchase lands, keep a common seal, &c.

From A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in Our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by Berkeley, George

A royal charter was obtained in 1837 making the university a corporate body with perpetual succession and a common seal.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See by Bygate, Joseph E.