Countersign

Upon their approach to the bridge, the challenge, and interchange of sign and countersign, which is usual on such occasions, took place in due form; and as Rudolph’s party filed off one after another into the castle, he commanded them to wake their companions, with whom he intended to renew the patrol, and at the same time to send a relief to Arthur Philipson, whose watch on the bridge was now ended. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ms. KEEPSEAGLE: How they treated us was every time my husband, George, needed to get some money to do repairs, he had to drive, like, 17 miles to the FSA office, get their approval, they would countersign the check. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dancing and singing function primarily as a decoy from the main event happening in this inner sanctum; only we, the viewers, are ushered in to witness the underbelly, to glimpse the politics taking place in the dark, which countersign the frivolities in the flashing sunlight outside. ❋ ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH (2010)

"We know, Brother, by your sign and by your countersign that you are indeed one of us," said McGinty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Does its mum have to come into work at the end of the day to read and countersign the puppies statements? ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

Failing that, it is also possible that Burris would have no legal standing in mandamus to compel White to countersign the appointment certificate; because the duty to do so -- if it really is a ministerial duty -- is not owed to Burris himself, but to Blago as the Governor or to the Clerk of the Senate rather than the appointee. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rate It ias announced that Franken has asked the MN Supremes to affirm the district court decision, declare that Franken is entitled to a certificate of election; that judgment be entered immediately and that the Repub Gov Pawlenty & Dem SoS Ritchie be ordered to perform their 'ministerial duty' to prepare, countersign and deliver the certificate of election promptly to the sec. of the US Senate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the Minnesota Supreme Court upholds the three-judge panel, it should order Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to perform their "ministerial duty" to prepare, countersign and deliver the certificate of election promptly to the secretary of the U.S. Senate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the Minnesota Supreme Court upholds the three-judge panel, it should order Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to perform their 'ministerial duty' to prepare, countersign and deliver the certificate of election promptly to the secretary of the U.S. Senate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To countersign and affix the seal of state to all commissions required by law to be issued by the Governor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The quail-seed is a countersign, of course; Persia is almost next door to Palestine, and quails come into the Old Testament, you know. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If that were the case, Secretary White might justifiably (and lawfully) refuse to countersign the certificate on ethical grounds based on the manifest impropriety of Blago's action. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The government has already set out rules for people to follow to make sure that a woman has given her full consent to a putative ‘sexual experience or event’, and have now issued a checklist and consent for both – or more – partners to an incipient sexual experience to complete and mutually countersign before engaging in any such acts. ❋ David Hadley (2009)

But as I mentioned in a previous column, and in a so far unanswered email to Smith, the law actually requires White "to countersign and affix the seal of state to all commissions required by law to be issued by the Governor," and to register the appointment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

White's petulant reaction, if he follows through as threatened, would violate an Illinois statute which establishes it is the Secretary of State's "duty" to "countersign and affix the seal of state to all commissions required by law to be issued by the Governor" and to "make a register of all appointments by the Governor ..." ❋ Unknown (2008)

“Tatius and Acoulouthos,” murmured the warders, as a countersign. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Manin, Lopez, John Brown, Garibaldi; it is everywhere where the future is being lighted up, at Boston in 1779, at the Isle de Leon in 1820, at Pesth in 1848, at Palermo in 1860, it whispers the mighty countersign: Liberty, in the ear of the American abolitionists grouped about the boat at ❋ Unknown (2008)