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

In consequence of these acts, the Company has always considered itself entitled to borrow to the amount of six millions under its common seal.

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

So she kept the common seal and hardly ever rendered an account.

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

I now assert—neither was it a common seal nor a sea-elephant, its great length and its totally differing physiognomy precluding the possibility of its being a 'Phoca' of any species.

From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee

All certificates or other evidences of deposit made by the proper officers shall be as binding on the Corporation as if they were made under their common seal.

From History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams