Public seal
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A seal belonging to and used by one of the bureaus or departments of government; for authenticating or attesting documents, process, or records. An impression made of some device, by means of a piece of metal or other hard substance, kept and used by public authority.
Kirksey v. Bates, 7 Port. (Ala.) 534, 31 Am. Dec. 722, —-Quarter seal.
In Scotch law
A seal kept by the director of the chancery ; in shape and impression the fourth part of the great seal, and calied in stafutes the '"testimonial" of the great seal.
Bell.