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Great Seal [clavis regni,Lat.], the emblem of sovereignty, introduced by Edward the Confessor. It is held by the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper for the time being and may not be taken out of the country. By Art. 24 of the Union between England and Scotland (5 Anne, c. 8) it was provided that there should be one Great Seal for the United Kingdom, to be used for sealing writs to summon the Parliament, and for sealing treaties with foreign states and all public acts of state which concern the United Kingdom, and in all other matters relating to England, as the Great Seal of England was then used; and that a seal in Scotland should be kept and made use of in all things relating to private rights or grants, which had usually passed the Great Seal of Scotland, and which only concern offices, grants, commissions, and private right within Scotland. On the Union between Great Britain and Ireland no express provision was made by any of the Articles of the Union as to the establishing one Great S...
Privy seal and privy signet
Privy seal and privy signet. The Privy Seal (privatum sigillum) is a seal of the sovereign under which charters, pardons, etc., signed by the sovereign, pass before they come to the Great Seal,and also used for some documents of less consequence which do not pass the Great Seal at all, such as discharges of recognizances, debts, etc. The Privy Signet is one of the sovereign's seals, used in sealing his private letters, and all such grants as pass his hand by bill signed, which seal is always in the custody of the King's secretaries. There were formerly four clerks of the Signet Office, but by 14 & 15 Vict. c. 82, s. 3, the offices of the clerks of the signet and of the privy seal are abolished. The practice as to the passing of letters under these seals was altered and simplified by the same statute....
Seal
Seal, wax or wafer with an impression. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 73, deeds executed after 1925 must be signed or marked (by illiterates or blind persons), as well as sealed. As to the forgery of seals and dies, see Forgery Act, 1913, s. 5; and for the definition of 'seal,' see s. 18.An impression or sign that has legal consequence when applied to an instrument 2. A Eastening that must be broken before access can be obtained, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.By (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI., r. 7, the seal o the central office is sufficient to authorize as evidence office copies, or certificates and other documents issued from the central office of the Supreme Court. As to the seal of district registrars, see Judic. Act, 1925, s. 9, and see CORPORATION.Means a device or process by which a stamp is made, and includes any wire or other accessory which is used for ensuring the integrity of any stamp. [Standards of Weight and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s. 2(w)]...
Seal day
Seal day, motion-day in the Court of Chancery, so called because every motion had to be stamped with the seal, which did not lie in Court in the ordinary sittings out of term, and was therefore specially brought in on days when motions were taken, hence called Seal-days. Accordingly 'the Seal is closed' meant that motions were over for that day. See GREAT SEAL; PRIVY SEAL....
Seal fisheries
Seal fisheries. The (English) Seal Fishery Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 18), was passed to enable a close time to be established by Order in Council for the seal fishery in the seas adjacent to the eastern costs of Greenland. The area to which the Act applies is specified in a schedule to the Act. See also the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Acts, 1895 and 1912, and the Grey Seals Protection Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 23), establishing a close season from 1st September to 31st December for grey seals in England and Scotland...
Sealed container
Sealed container, means a container which is 'so closed that access is impossible without breaking the fastening, CST v. G.G. Industries, (1968) 21 STC 63 (SC).Sealed containers, 'sealed Container' merely means a container which is 'so closed that access 'to the contents' is impossible without breaking the fastening'. The expression 'seal' in this context does not involve an affixture of the seal of the seller such as impressing a signet in wax, etc., as evidence or guarantee of authenticity. An article may be regarded as put in sealed containers if it is closed securely in any vessel or container by any kind of fastening or covering that must be broken before access can be obtained to what is packed inside, Martand Dairy and Farm v. Union of India, AIR 1975 SC 1492 (1493): (1975) 4 SCC 313: (1975) Supp SCR 265. (Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, s. 6)...
seal
seal [Old French seel, from Latin sigillum, from diminutive of signum mark, sign] : a device (as an emblem, symbol, or word) used to identify or replace a signature and to authenticate (as at common law) written matter see also contract under seal at contract under seal : with an authenticating seal affixed vt 1 : to authenticate or approve by or as if by a seal 2 : to close off (as records) from public access ...
Quarter Seal
Quarter Seal, the seal kept by the director of the Chancery in Scotland. It is in the shape and impression of the fourth part of the Great Seal; and is in the Scots statutes called the Testimonial of the Great Seal. Gifts of land from the Crown pass this seal in certain cases, Bell's Scots Law Dict....
Sealed
Sealed, in Election Rules means 'stamped with a seal' and not closed by gum, Phoolchand Sethi v. Nagpur University, AIR 1957 Bom 215: (1957) 59 Bom LR 300: (1957) Nag LJ 67.Sealed, is secured with any substance without the destruction of which the cork, plug or stopper cannot be withdrawn, State of Kerala v. K.S. Balkrishan, (1972) Ker LJ 901: (1972) Ker LT 964, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 3rd Edn., p. 2633.Sealed, meant 'bearing the impression of a signet in wax, etc., as evidence or guarantee of authenticity, or fastened with a seal so close that access to the contents is impossible without breaking the fastening, CST v. G.G. Industries, (1968) 21 STC 63 (SC)....
Keeper of the Privy Seal
Keeper of the Privy Seal, now called the Lord Privy Seal, through whose hands all charters, etc., pass before they come to the Great Seal. The office of Lord Privy Seal is always held by a Cabinet Minister....
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