endorsementindorsementn.
/ɛnˈdɔːsmənt//ɪnˈdɔːsmənt/ The action of endorsing.
1. The action of endorsing (a document): concrete a signature, memorandum, or remark endorsed upon a document. See endorse v. 1 spec. the entering of an offence on a licence.
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society > law > legal document > [noun] > endorsement or label
labela1425
endorsement1547
libel1603
docket1706
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [noun] > endorsement
indorsation1540
endorsement1547
indorsement1586
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > involvement with the police > police record > endorsement of a licence
endorsement1902
1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 5 §5 The same Endorsement to be signed with the Hand of the said Warden.
1586 Sir A. Paulet in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 220 III. 7 By reason as did appeare by an indorsement, that they had bene mistaken and were sent to Wyndsor.
1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 34 By his Endorsement he made it his own Bill.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 468 The payee..may by indorsement, or writing his name in dorso or on the back of it, assign over his whole property to the bearer.
1783 E. Burke in 11th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar & Orissa 9 When he made the Indorsement, or whether in fact he has made it at all, are Matters known only to himself.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. 46 Many bills..are at last presented for payment quite covered with indorsements.
1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking 121 An indorsement is a conditional contract on the part of the indorser to pay the immediate or any succeeding indorsee, in case of the acceptor's or maker's default.
1902 Hansard Commons 30 Jan. 1436 The justices will not exercise the power given them of endorsing licenses, the effect of which, on the third endorsement, would be to deprive a man of the value of his license.
1903 ‘I. Hay’ & P. G. Wodehouse Baa, Baa, Black Sheep ii. 47 May I see your licence, my dear B. B.?.. I hope it has no endorsements on it!
1960 Act 8 & 9 Eliz. II c. 16. 86 (heading) Endorsement of licences.
2. figurative. Confirmation, ratification, approving testimony.
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the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun]
confirmment1297
confirmationc1330
ratification1420
affirminga1425
interination1489
confirmance1588
rate?1611
endorsement1633
firmation1684
verification1789
seal of approval1833
interinement1883
1633 G. Herbert Sunday in Temple i Th' indorsement of supreme delight Writ by a friend.
1863 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe (1865) 552 It received a most emphatic endorsement from the organic world.
1879 H. George Progress & Poverty i. i. 16 This doctrine..bears the indorsement of the very highest names.
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