Great Seal
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
By act of union (article 24) it was provided that there should be one great seal for the United Kingdom, to be used In sealing writs, to summon parliament, foreign treaties, etc., in all public acts which concern the United Kingdom, and all acts which concern England, and that a seal should be kept in Scotland, to be used in all things relating to private rights or grants which had theretofore passed the Great Seal of Scotland. Wharton.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A seal by virtue of which a great part of the royal authority in England, is exercised. The appointment of the lord high chancellor, or lord keeper, is made by the delivery of the great seal into his custody. There is one great seal for all public acts of state which concern the United Kingdom. The seal of the United States, or of a state, used in the execution of commissions and other public documents is usually termed the great seal of the United States, or of the state, as the case may be.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. A seal by virtue of which a great part of the royal authority is exercised. The office of the lord chancellor, or lord keeper, is created by the delivery of the great seal into 'hir cnstody. There is one great seal for all pnblic acts of state which concern the United Kingdom. Mozley & Whitley. In American law, the United States and also each of the states bas and uses a seal, always carefully described by law, and sometimes officially called the "great" seal, though in some instances known simply as "the seal of the United States," or "the seal of the state."
Defined under Seal in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. A seal by virtue of which w great part of the royal authority is exercised. The office of the lord chancellor, or lord keeper, is created by the delivery of the great seal into his custody. There is one great seal for al] public acts of state which concern the United Kingdom. Mozley & Whitley.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The emblem of royal Chancellor or Lord Keeper.