Signet
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Signet, a seal commonly used for the sign-manual of the sovereign. See PRIVY SEAL.
An elaborate hand-drawn symbol (usu. incorporat-ing a cross and notary's initials) formerly placed at base of notarial instrument, later replaced by a seal, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1387.
In Scotland, before the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act, 1933, was passed, the 'will,' an essential part of a summons before the Court of Session, was required to be signed by a Writer to the Signet (q.v.). the summons must be sealed at the Signet Office before service, or founding action.
[Latin, is he has signified]
An elaborate hand-drawn symbol (usu. incorporat-ing a cross and notary's initials) formerly placed at base of notarial instrument, later replaced by a seal, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1387.
In Scotland, before the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act, 1933, was passed, the 'will,' an essential part of a summons before the Court of Session, was required to be signed by a Writer to the Signet (q.v.). the summons must be sealed at the Signet Office before service, or founding action.
[Latin, is he has signified]
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