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

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.

The coast swarms with amphibious animals of the seal kind, known by the vulgar names of Sea Lion, Sea Elephant and Sea Cow—but above all with the common seal.

From A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' by Carmichael-Smyth, Robert

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

The fur, they say, is not so good as that of the common seal, but they yield an immense lot of oil from their blubber—from eight to ten barrels, I have been told.”

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)