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

He found, that to facilitate their fraud, they had got a counterpart of the common seal, with which they certified the receipts.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 by Chambers, William

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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)

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)

"They assembled in chapter, had a common seal, held courts as lords of the manor."

From Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir