What is COLXATIO SIGNORUM?

In old English law. A comparison of marks or seals. A mode of testing the genuineness of a seal, by comparing it with another known to be genuine. Adams. See Bract, fol. 3896

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Related Legal Terms
COMPARISON OF HANDWRITING, COMPARATIO LITERARUM, CLERK OF THE PRIVY SEAL, FALSARE, SEALING, PIX, CHANCELLOR OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, AND OTHER MILITARY ORDERS, SIGIEEUM, DE PONENDO SIGILEUM AD EX- CEPTIONEM, SIGIE


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