common seal

British  

noun

1. the official seal of a corporate body

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Example Sentences

It’s also a vital food source for many fish, sharks, marine mammals and birds — namely the common seal, California sea lion, Chinook salmon, blue shark, Brandt’s cormorant — and, of course, humans.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

I now assert—neither was it a common seal nor a sea-elephant, its great length and its totally differing physiognomy precluding the possibility of its being a 'Phoca' of any species.

From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)

They had power to elect professors also of horsemanship, dancing, painting, engraving, &c.; were made a body corporate, were permitted to use a common seal, and to possess goods and lands in mortmain.

From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

The coast swarms with amphibious animals of the seal kind, known by the vulgar names of Sea Lion, Sea Elephant and Sea Cow—but above all with the common seal.

From A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' by Carmichael-Smyth, Robert

Provisions relative to distribution of land were more specific in the 1609 charter and provided that land should be conveyed by majority vote of the company under its common seal.

From Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Robinson, Walter Stitt