Signatory

Word SIGNATORY
Character 9
Hyphenation sig na to ry
Pronunciations /ˈsɪɡ.nə.tɔː.ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Signatory"

What do we mean by signatory?

Bound by signed agreement. adjective

One who has signed a contract or other legal document as a party. noun

A country that is a party to a treaty. noun

One who is bound by signature to the terms of an agreement; specifically, a party or state bound jointly with several others by the signing of a public treaty or convention. noun

Pertaining to or used in sealing: as, a signatory ring.

That has signed, or signed and sealed; bound by signature and seal, as to the terms of a contract or agreement: used specifically, in the phrase signatory powers, of the sovereign parties to a general treaty or convention, as that of Paris in 1856, or that of Berlin in 1878.

Relating to a seal; used in sealing. adjective

Signing; joining or sharing in a signature. adjective

A signer; one who signs or subscribes. noun

One who signs or signed something. noun

Someone who signs and is bound by a document noun

One who signs or has signed something.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Signatory

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The word "signatory" in example sentences

Another signatory is the screenwriter Billy Ivory, who has adapted Lawrence's Women in Love for a BBC series this autumn. ❋ Vanessa Thorpe (2010)

But I would urge the government of Canada to withdraw as a signatory from a Treaty which they do not intend to honour. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For GMT, the signatory was the president of the company, a former beauty queen and airline stewardess and conservative talk show hostess by the name of Barbara Studley, while a number of top officers and officials signed for Israel. ❋ Ronen Bergman (2007)

Where the party in trouble is not in power it means that they effectively aid the Goverment's budget, and when it's the party in power it's a little like just moving it from one bank account to another but where the signatory is the same. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When the bad news telegram arrived, however -- the signatory was the unknown second wife, Nasreen II, and the tone was pretty unvarnished: FATHER GOING FAST + IF DESIROUS OF SEEING BETTER MOVE IT + N CHAMCHAWALA (MRS) -- he discovered to his surprise that after a lifetime of tangled relationships with his father, after long years of crossed wires and "irrevocable sunderings", he was once again capable of an uncomplicated reaction. ❋ Rushdie, Salman (1967)

Logging all the steps ( "SMS was sent to at with PIN code" and "PIN was enteret at from") into an embedded audit trail, it can be assured, that the signatory is the holder of this particular cell phone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The reauthorization of torture contravenes the Geneva Conventions, to which the US is signatory, which is to say, it contravenes US law. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Incorrect, it is a signatory, meaning one who has signed (President Clinton signed the treaty in 2000). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Incorrect, it is a signatory, meaning one who has signed President Clinton signed the treaty in 2000. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Refugees 'convention on asylum seekers to which both it and Namibia are signatory, meaning the refugees will not be sent home against their will. ❋ Unknown (1999)

While Ivory Coast isn't a signatory to the Rome Statute, Mr. Gbagbo allowed the ICC to investigate crimes committed in 2003 and Mr. Ouattara has said he accepts the court. ❋ David Gauthier-Villars (2011)

There are 147 signatory states to the Convention Against Torture, and each has the obligation to open an investigation – should George Bush decide to travel to one of these countries. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Switzerland is also a signatory to the Convention Against Torture – and, as a party to CAT, has undertaken that it will prosecute or extradite for prosecution anyone present in its territory who it has a reasonable basis for believing has committed torture. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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