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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The Open Skies Treaty gives 34 signatory states the right to gather information about the military forces and activities of one another. — Nancy A. Youssef, WSJ, "U.S. Military Plane Flies Over Ukraine in Warning to Russia," 6 Dec. 2018 Both the United States and Russia are signatories of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a 1996 agreement that bans the testing of nuclear weapons. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Report Says European Mystery Radiation Isn't Real. That Isn't Stopping an Air Force Investigation.," 22 Feb. 2017 When a court clerk read aloud Justice Kavanaugh’s commission, the text concluded with the name of the signatory, Mr. Sessions. — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, "Matthew Whitaker, a Critic of the Mueller Investigation, Now Oversees It," 8 Nov. 2018 First circulated by a group of women who do not know Ford and who graduated from Holton-Arms, a private all-girls school in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2005, the letter has 599 signatories from students who attended between 1962 and 2018. — Tara Golshan, Vox, "599 alumnae from Christine Blasey Ford’s high school sign letter saying they support her," 18 Sep. 2018 The paperwork is sent back to the signatory, who needs to get a notary to sign it. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "Time is running out for dieselgate Volkswagen owners to get their money," 1 Aug. 2018 Israel, though not a signatory, has been a staunch opponent of the deal from the beginning. — Steve George, CNN, "Trump dumps Iran nuclear deal: What you need to know," 9 May 2018 Will Iran walk away, or stick to the agreement with China, Russia and the three European signatories? — Bloomberg, Fortune, "This Is What's at Stake If Trump Leaves the Iran Nuclear Deal," 8 May 2018 Other signatories from the tech industry include Adobe, Airbnb, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn, Lyft, Salesforce, TiVo, Twitter, and Uber. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "Apple, Google, Facebook, and others push back on Trump transgender policy," 1 Nov. 2018

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