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

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

One of the phrases most commonly met with in law-books describes a corporation as a society with perpetual succession and a common seal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

A common seal to be kept in a place of safety, and affixed to all legal documents, by the secretary, in the presence of three directors. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway

Fresh skins from the common seal were rolled up and kept in a warm place until the hair loosened, then stretched and dried, and afterward scraped and worked until soft.

From Short Sketches from Oldest America by Driggs, John B. (John Beach)