Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Clerk of the Signet

Hist. An officer who kept the privy signet and attended the sovereign's principal secretary. ( The signet was used to seal royal letters and other documents until the office was abolished in England in 1851. See PRIVY SIGNET.

Signet

1. Civil law. An elaborate hand-drawn symbol (usu. incorporating a cross and the notary's initials) formerly placed at the base of notarial instruments, later replaced by a seal. 2. Scots law. A seal used to authenticate summonses in civil matters before the Court of Session.

Writer to the Signet

Scots law. A member of the oldest and leading society of Scottish solicitors, originally a clerk in the Scottish Secretary of State's office responsible for preparing warrants, writs, charters, and precepts.

privy signet

Hist. The signet or seal used by the sovereign in making out grants and private letters.