Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Sigillum est cera impressa, quia cera sine impressione non est sigillum
A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seal.
cera impressa
[Latin "impressed wax"] Hist. An impressed seal. ( Cera impressa originally referred only to wax seals, but later came to include any impressed seal, regardless of the substance impressed. See SEAL. The courts have held that an impression made on wafers or other adhesive substance capable of receiving an impression comes within the definition of 'cera impressa.' If then wax be construed to be merely a general term including any substance capable of