Public Seal
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The official seal of a publie officer. See ' 'Seals."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Seal in Black's Law Dictionary.