Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Clerk of the Privy Seal

Hist. An officer responsible for preparing documents for the Lord Privy Seal. ( The use of the Privy Seal was abolished in 1884. See PRIVY SEAL.

Keeper of the Privy Seal

1 LORD PRIVY SEAL. 2. In Scotland and Cornwall, an officer similar to the English Lord Privy Seal.

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal

See LORD PRIVY SEAL.

Lord Privy Seal

English law. An officer who has custody of the privy seal and who authenticates either a state document before it passes to receive the Great Seal or a document that does not require the Great Seal because of its minor importance. ( The Lord Privy Seal has nominal official duties but is often made a member of the British cabinet. -Also termed Keeper of the Privy Seal; Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; Privy Seal.

privy seal

1.A seal used in making out grants or letters patent before they are passed under the great seal. 2. (cap.) LORD PRIVY SEAL.