Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a secretary or other subordinate officer countersigned to a writing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
signature made toconfirm orendorse another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed
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Examples
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Norway recognize the law of refusing countersignature, which is found for instance in the Swedish Constitution.
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A signature and countersignature have been a requirement for 125 years.
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Most secular organizations require a countersignature for dollar amounts above a certain level and for opening bank accounts.
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In Richmond the pastor can open accounts and write checks without any countersignature.
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The lower portion bore the seal of the Treasury, a signature line for the "holder" and a countersignature line for the Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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The Storthing resolved on having a separate Consular Service, the Ministers sent in their requests to resign, to avoid, as they declared, rousing a constitutional dispute on the countersignature question which might bring about consequences
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The new parliamentary interpretation of these prescriptions of responsibility, especially the right of refusing countersignature, was opposed by the King, who adhered to the old only possible forms.
The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Karl Nordlund
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And that § 31 is unconditional in its prescription of the duty of the authorised countersignature of the Prime Minister is a conception that is acceded to by those writers on State law who have framed the
The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Karl Nordlund
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The Cabinet sought, on their side, to defend the interpretation given in later years to the fundamental law, that it presupposed the right of refusing countersignature, but could, as a precedent, for present circumstances, only quote the not altogether applicable opinion -- after full consideration -- of the Norwegian Cabinet in 1847 [58: 4].
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Occasions might therefore occur when it was not only right, but also a duty to refuse countersignature.
The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Karl Nordlund
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