Terminology Database
Terms or Phrases
- salutation
- save
- schema
- schema document
- scheme
- science
- scientific method
- script
- seal
- secondary storage
- secretarial note
- selection system
- self-authenticating
- self-describing
- semantic rule
- semantic schema
- semiactive record
- semicurrent record
- sent document
- sent record
- serialize
- series
- set aside
- SGML document
- SGML-compliant document
- signature
- simple copy
- software re-engineering
- special sign
- specific presentation feature
- specification
- stable
- standard
- standard generalized markup language
- standards
- state of transmission
- status of transmission
- stored digital component
- stored digital document
- stored digital object
- stored digital record
- strategy
- subject
- subject line
- subscription
- superscription
- supporting
- supporting record
- symbol
- syntactic rule
- system
Term | seal
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Dictionary Definitions
- 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]
