sign manual

noun

, plural signs manual.

1. a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.

sign manual

noun

1. law a person's signature in his own hand, esp that of a sovereign on an official document

Word History and Origins

Origin of sign manual¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

It was therefore obligatory that purchasers should know his work, that in fact his sign manual should be always present.

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It was, therefore, more in the construction and workmanship then, that the sign manual was perceptible.

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A deed, with the royal sign-manual, conveyed Vauvert to the monks of St Bruno.

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"Chegonoe" witnesses the sign manual of his Sachem, who was present, on the confirmation deed of July 4, 1657.

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Before this vision there rose up in him the ardent impulse to immediate effort which is the sign manual of the man of action.

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