signatory
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sig·na·to·ry

noun \ˈsig-nə-ˌtr-ē\
plural sig·na·to·ries

Definition of SIGNATORY

: a signer with another or others <signatories to a petition>; especially : a government bound with others by a signed convention
signatory adjective

Examples of SIGNATORY

  1. a signatory of the Declaration of Independence

Origin of SIGNATORY

Latin signatorius of sealing, from signare
First Known Use: 1866

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

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