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

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

Provisions relative to distribution of land were more specific in the 1609 charter and provided that land should be conveyed by majority vote of the company under its common seal.

From Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Robinson, Walter Stitt

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 common seal has a round head which in front bears some resemblance to that of the otter.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various