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• n., 1. A wafer of wax marked with an impression. 2. The portion of a license that is required to be detached from the licence and cancelled immediately after the wildlife is killed, or a tag that may be supplied with a wildlife licence. [The Dictionary of Canadian Law, 3rd ed. c2004]
• n., A piece of wax, lead or other material upon which an impression has been made and which is attached to a document or applied to the face thereof. Originally serving as a means of authentication of the author of a record and of the record itself. See also: electronic seal.
• n., In common law, an impression in wax, wafer, or other substance put on a document and attesting to its authenticity; a similar impression placed over the edge of an envelope, its unbroken condition indicating that the envelope is unopened, hence its contents are untampered with. A corporation’s seal is at times called a common seal. [Webster’s New World Law Dictionary. c2006]
• v., The act of placing an impression upon an envelope or document to designate that it is undisturbed, the act of closing. [Webster’s New World Law Dictionary. c2006]