To countersign is to sign on the opposite side of an instrument already signed by some other person or officer, in order to secure its character of a genuine paper; as a bank note is signed by the president and countersigned by the cashier. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The signature of a. secretary or other subordinate oflJcer to any writing signed by the … [Read more...] about COUNTERSIGN
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COUNTER
(noun) - The name of two prisons formerly standing in London, but now demolished. They were the Poultry Counter and Wood Street Counter.(adjective) - Adverse; antagonistic; opposing or contradicting; contrary. Silliman v. Eddy, 8 How. Prac. (N. T.) 122. Counter-affidavit. An affidavit made and presented in contradiction or opposition to an affidavit which is made the basis or … [Read more...] about COUNTER
COUNTERVAIL
To counterbalance; to avail against with equal force or virtue; to compensate for, or serve as an equivalent of or substitute for. Countervail livery. At common law, a release was a form of transfer of real estate where some right to it existed in one person but the actual possession was in another; and the possession in such case was said to "countervail livery," that is, it … [Read more...] about COUNTERVAIL
COUNTER AFFIDAVIT
An affidavit made in opposition to one already made; this is allowed in the preliminary examination of some cases. … [Read more...] about COUNTER AFFIDAVIT
COUNTEZ
L. Fr. Count, or reckon. In old practice. A direction formerly given fcy the clerk of a court to the crier, after a jury was sworn, to number them; and which Blackstone says was given In his time, in good English, "count these." 4 Bl. Comm. 340, note (u.) … [Read more...] about COUNTEZ