company seal

noun

A device used to impress a company's name and/or symbol onto a dollop of soft red wax attached to a legal instrument, where two directors or one director and the secretary could sign as witnesses, thus executing the instrument.

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Meanings

nouncompany seal (plural company seals)

plural company seals

  1. historicalA device used to impress a company's name and/or symbol onto a dollop of soft red wax attached to a legal instrument, where two directors or one director and the secretary could sign as witnesses, thus executing the instrument.
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APA

company seal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/company%20seal

MLA

“company seal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/company%20seal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “company seal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/company%20seal.

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