clerk of the signet

Clerk of the Signet (sig-nit). Hist. An officer who kept the privy signet and attended the sovereign’s principal secretary. • The signet was used to seal royal letters and other documents not requiring the Great Seal of the Realm. The office was abolished in England in 1851. See great seal (3) under SEAL; PRIVY SIGNET.

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译员海燕，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与破产对抗诉讼有关的法律文件。