countersigned

Meaning

of Countersign

Examples

The Proclamation which you have just heard read by the Governor-General's Official Secretary was countersigned Malcolm Fraser, who will undoubtedly go down in Australian history from Remembrance Day 1975 as Kerr's cur. Source: Internet

I, as second Prime Minister, and Samdech Krom Preah, as first Prime Minister, countersigned the royal decree and the late King-Father signed it on 18 December 1996. Source: Internet

One of editorial bosses countersigned the latter as I asked for a promissory note from the management. Source: Internet

The president can also exercise certain emergency powers, which must be countersigned by the appropriate cabinet minister. Source: Internet

On legal documents, an illiterate signatory can make a "mark" (often an "X" but occasionally a personalized symbol), so long as the document is countersigned by a literate witness. Source: Internet