countersign
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It was to Mr. Badinter that Mr. Mitterrand turned in 1984 to countersign, in strict secrecy, the document in which the president recognized Mazarine Pingeot, his daughter from an adulterous relationship.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
A pub licensee was also found to countersign the application.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2023
Someone else would be paid to countersign the application.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
Comptroller McCarl, without whose signature no Government money may be spent, refused to countersign.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Me Know You,’Johnny repeated this countersign and took his place behind Mr. Revere.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
With as many shibboleths and countersigns as a dime novel, the Beggars have methods as effective as they are penny-dreadful.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Howdy"* was the greeting, "Yippee" and "Yowee" were countersigns all the week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now History, what may be called the Comparative History of Modern Europe, countersigns the traveller's opinion.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
At last the duke realized that he was betrayed, and that all was lost, and so he submitted to the inevitable, and gave the Pope the countersigns he craved.
From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Sabatini, Rafael
Eyes were keen, rifles were ready, challenges were sharp, and countersigns were quickly given on the Jucaro-Moron trocha.
From Rainbow's End by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
The president will sign the warrant of appointment for the members of the government and the warrant of appointment of the attorney general, each of which will be countersigned by the taoiseach.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
Frank Miller’s "The Dark Knight Returns" depicts an aged, bloated, broken Bruce Wayne, lonely and perennially tormented not only by the murder he witnessed as a child but by the countless others he’s countersigned since.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2018
However, Mr Wheat did strongly recommend that any pardon not personally autographed by the president be countersigned by the attorney general.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2017
Despite the institute's evident professionalism, its anonymity and mysteriousness made reviewers skittish—even after they had received countersigned contracts.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2012
“No escape,” repeated the Warden, waving him back into his chair; and as the permit was not yet countersigned, Bernard had no choice but to obey.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
The final defendant, Kevin Crinnion, 73, is alleged to have helped with passport applications, including countersigning documents.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2023
This extraordinary statement, though entirely undercut in British fashion by its qualifying clause, seemed to mark the first admission by His Majesty's Government that in countersigning Adolf Hitler they may have historically blundered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Walter, who went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance, started out with his father in the bookkeeper's office, countersigning checks so that he could see where the money went.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such policies are not valid until countersigned, unless the countersigning is waived.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
He relates his difficulties with Pedro Alvarez over the countersigning of Sangley licenses.
