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Definition of Countersigning
1. countersign [v] - See also: countersign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countersigning
Literary usage of Countersigning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The abortive countersigning by the chief clerk does not vitiate the proper
countersigning by the Secretary of State himself. ..."
2. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1890)
"countersigning by Agent—Indorsements on Policy, in General. —When the policy
provides that the countersignature of an agent is requisite to the validity of ..."
3. A Treatise on Marine, Fire, Life, Accident and All Other Insurances by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1897)
"countersigning policy by agent. § 531. Where subagent signs for agent. § 532.
Signature of assured—Waiver by agent. S 533. Estoppel by acts of agent ..."
4. The Law of Fire Insurance by George Ansel Clement (1905)
"Form in countersigning by Agent. Although policy provides that it shall not be
valid unless countersigned by an agent, the insurance company cannot object ..."
5. Digest of Fire Insurance Decisions in the Courts of Great Britain and North by Henry A. Littleton, Joel Sherland Blatchley (1868)
"countersigning BY AGENT. § 1. Where it is stipulated in a policy of insurance "that
it shall not be valid until countersigned by the agent," a policy signed ..."
6. The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States by Joseph Story, United States, George Sharswood (1840)
"... in the manner and on the conditions thereby prescribed. collection of the
internal revenues to nnd countersigning a certificate to accompany the same, ..."
7. An Outline of the Law of Insurance by Charles Burke Elliott (1895)
"(c) Delivery of the Policy, (il) countersigning the Policy. § 14. WHEN CONTRACT
CONSUMMATED. A contract of insurance is completed when the terms thereof ..."
8. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"countersigning by agent.—When a policy provides that it shall not be binding
until countersigned by a certain agent, it is invalid without such signature,23 ..."