Mark
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
This term has several acceptations.
1.
It is a sign traced on paper or parchment, which stands in the place of a signature, usually made by persons who cannot write. —2. It is the sign, writing or ticket put upon manufactured goods to distinguish them from others.—3. Mark or marc, denotes a weight used in several parts of Europe, and for several commodities, especially gold and silver. When gold and silver are sold by the mark, it is divided into twenty-four carats.—4. Mark is also in England, a money of accounts, and in some other countries acoin. The English mark is two-thirds of a pound sterling, or equal value in Scotch money of ace count. Encyc. Amer. h. t.