Scrawl

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A mark which Is to supply the place of a seal. 2 Pars. Cont. 100. See "Scroll." SCRIBA (Lat. from seribere, to write). A scribe; a secretary. Scriba regis, a king's secretary; a chancellor. Spelman.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

See Scroll.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A mark which Is to supply the place of a seal. 2 Pars. Contr., 8th ed. 5S9. See Scroll.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A word used in seme of the United States for scrowl or scroll. "The word 'seal,' written in a soratcl attached to the name of an obligor, makes the instrument a specialty." Co.merford v. Cobb, 2 Fla. 418.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A word used for scrowl or scroll.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Sceoll.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

See Scroll. Scribere est agere. To vfrite is to act. Treasonable words, such as words of advice or persuasion to commit the crime, if set down in writing, constitute an overt act of treason. Brown Max.