French law. The notice given of a decree, sentence or other judicial act. … [Read more...]

eccl. law. When this word is used alone, it means the bishop's certificate to the court of chancery, in order to obtain the writ of excommunication; but where the words writ of significavit are used, the meaning is the same as writ de excommunicato capiendo. … [Read more...]

In. English practice. The signature or allowance of the proper officer of a court, obtained by the party entitled to judgment in an action, expressing generally that judgment is given in Ills favor, and which stands in the place of its actual delivery by the judges themselves. Steph. PL 110, 111; French v. Pease, 10 Kan. In American practice. Signing judgment means a signing of … [Read more...]

In English law. The signature or subscription of the king is termed his "sign-manual." There is this difference between what the sovereign does under the sign manual and what he or she does under the great seal, viz., that the former la' done as a personal act of the sovereign; the latter as an act of state. Brown. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the Roman and civil law. A sign; a mark; a seal. The seal of an Instrument. Calvin. A species of proof. By "signa" were meant those species of indicia which come more immediately under the cognizance of the senses; such as stains of blood on the person of the accused Best, Pres. 13, note /. In Saxon law. The sign of a cross prefixed as a sign of assent and approbation … [Read more...]