signatory

noun

sig·na·to·ry | \ ˈsig-nə-ˌtȯr-ē

plural signatories

Definition of signatory

: a signer with another or others signatories to a petition especially : a government bound with others by a signed convention

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A signatory puts his or her signature on a document that is also signed by others. In 1215 the English barons revolted against King John and forced him to join them as a signatory to the Magna Carta. This agreement stated the barons' own duties to the King but also assigned the barons clear rights and limited the King's power over them. Though the Magna Carta did nothing for the common people, it's often been called the first step toward democracy in the English-speaking countries.

Examples of signatory in a Sentence

a signatory of the Declaration of Independence

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Trump himself has just nixed the Obama administration’s hard-fought denuclearization deal with Iran, despite Tehran ostensibly complying with its terms and the opposition of all the other signatory states. — Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time, "Did President Trump Deliberately Sabotage the North Korea Summit to Save Face?," 25 May 2018 By Tuesday morning, the number of signatories had topped 650. — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "The Week in Washington: “How Do You Stop These People?” “Shoot Them!”," 12 May 2019 Russia, like most nations of the world, is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which requires members to destroy any such weapons and the facilities that produced them. — Fortune, "What Is Novichok? Why the Russian Nerve Agent Is So Dangerous," 5 July 2018 Among the signatories: Samantha Power, Thomas Pickering, Jack Matlock and James R. Jones. — James Hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Primary results confirm 2018 is a terrible year to be a House Republican," 9 May 2018 Among the signatories were former CIA Directors John Brennan, Leon E. Panetta, Michael Hayden and George Tenet, as well as Michael Morell, who served twice as acting director. — Chris Megerian, latimes.com, "John McCain was tortured as a POW in Vietnam. Will he help sink CIA nominee implicated in torture program?," 19 Apr. 2018 Among the letter's signatories are senior diplomats who've served under Republican and Democratic presidents in posts around the world. — Laura Koran, CNN, "More than 200 former diplomats sound alarm about diplomacy under Trump," 29 Mar. 2018 Unlike the United States and Russia, China was not a signatory to the INF Treaty and developed a wide array of ballistic and cruise missiles to compensate for lack of long range attack aircraft and bombers. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Pentagon Prepares to Build Banned Missiles as Treaty Expires," 11 Mar. 2019 The three European countries were also signatories of the 2015 deal, meant to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. — Pan Pylas, BostonGlobe.com, "France, Germany, UK seek exemptions for EU companies from any US sanctions on Iran," 6 June 2018

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