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Definition of Signalment
1. n. The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
Definition of Signalment
1. Noun. The act of signalling, or of signalizing. ¹
2. Noun. Description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Signalment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signalment
Literary usage of Signalment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Signaletic Instructions Including the Theory and Practice of by Alphonse Bertillon (1896)
"It is the duty of the police to draw up his descriptive signalment, by means of
all the observations which they can produce, that they may be able to ..."
2. The Science of Penology: The Defense of Society Against Crime by Henry Martyn Boies (1901)
"... 1899 — A System —Use to Prevent Immigration of Criminals—Census signalment.
IT is the criminal at large who afflicts the public, rather than the convict ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"The descriptive signalment is the one by which a criminal may be recognised among
the multitude of human beings; the anthropo- metric intervenes to ..."
4. American Police Administration: A Handbook on Police Organization and by Elmer Diedrich Graper (1921)
"These M. Bertillon designated respectively as anthropometrical signalment,
descriptive signalment, and signalment by peculiar marks. ..."
5. The Writings of James Monroe: Including a Collection of His Public and by James Monroe (1899)
"You may rest assured that I shall make use of it for myself only—besides my
signalment would hardly fit any other person in the world. ..."
6. Introduction to the Study of the Dependent, Defective, and Delinquent by Charles Richmond Henderson (1906)
"The anthropometrical signalment is based on these principles: (1) The almost
absolute immutability of the human frame after the twentieth year of age; ..."
7. The Writings of James Monroe: Including a Collection of His Public and by James Monroe (1899)
"You may rest assured that I shall make use of it for myself only—besides my
signalment would hardly fit any other person in the world. ..."
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