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sign manual
noun
, plural signs manual.
- a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.
sign manual
noun
- law a person's signature in his own hand, esp that of a sovereign on an official document
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sign manual1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences
And there, beyond, stood the wonderful thing, sign manual of modern comfort—a great red automobile with a gallant chauffeur!
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King John, at Runnymede, affixing his sign manual to Magna Charta, with trembling hand, at the dictation of his haughty barons and their retainers.
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It was a sign manual used in the secret society to which both of them belonged in the Academy at Centerville.
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Whereupon Ruth, discerning the sign manual of a Melbourne photographer, could not help saying slyly, "Who is it, Tiny?"
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It was, therefore, more in the construction and workmanship then, that the sign manual was perceptible.
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