countersign
Noun
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Noun
countersign (plural countersigns)
- (law) A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
- The response to a sign or signal.
- Only those who give the countersign may enter the Masonic Lodge.
countersign (countersigns, present participle countersigning; past and past participle countersigned)
- (transitive) To sign on the opposite side of (a document).
- (transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
- French: contresigner
- Italian: controfirmare
- Russian: контрассигнова́ть
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