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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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!

King John, at Runnymede, affixing his sign manual to Magna Charta, with trembling hand, at the dictation of his haughty barons and their retainers.

It was a sign manual used in the secret society to which both of them belonged in the Academy at Centerville.

Whereupon Ruth, discerning the sign manual of a Melbourne photographer, could not help saying slyly, "Who is it, Tiny?"

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

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