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sign manual
noun
plural
signs manuala personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.
sign manual
noun
law a person's signature in his own hand, esp that of a sovereign on an official document
Word History and Origins
Origin of sign manual1
Example Sentences
And there, beyond, stood the wonderful thing, sign manual of modern comfort—a great red automobile with a gallant chauffeur!
King John, at Runnymede, affixing his sign manual to Magna Charta, with trembling hand, at the dictation of his haughty barons and their retainers.
It was a sign manual used in the secret society to which both of them belonged in the Academy at Centerville.
Whereupon Ruth, discerning the sign manual of a Melbourne photographer, could not help saying slyly, "Who is it, Tiny?"
It was, therefore, more in the construction and workmanship then, that the sign manual was perceptible.
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