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Sigillum Est Cera Impressa

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

QUIA cera sine Impressione non est siglllum. A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seal. 3 Inst. 169. But see "Seal." SIGLA (Lat.)

In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Code, 1. 17. 11. 13.