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signatory

[ sig-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

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adjective

having signed, or joined in signing, a document:
the signatory powers to a treaty.

noun

, plural sig·na·to·ries.

a signer, or one of the signers, of a document:
France and Holland were among the signatories of the treaty.

signatory

/ ˈsɪɡnətərɪ; -trɪ /

noun

a person who has signed a document such as a treaty or contract or an organization, state, etc, on whose behalf such a document has been signed

adjective

having signed a document, treaty, etc

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Other Words From

non·signa·tory adjective noun plural nonsignatories

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Word History and Origins

Origin of signatory¹

1640–50, in earlier sense “used in affixing seals”; 1860–65 signatory fordef 2; < Latin signātōrius of, belonging to sealing, equivalent to signā ( re ) to mark, seal ( sign ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of signatory¹

C17: from Latin signātōrius concerning sealing, from signāre to seal, from signum a mark

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Example Sentences

The Iranian signatory to any final deal must be representative of all Iranians.

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An inveterate networker, he managed to get Tennessee Williams as the chief signatory on one letter-writing campaign.

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The signatory Powers are obliged to notify the treaty to others and to invite them to accede thereto (article 16).

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But this Convention likewise has not yet been ratified by all the signatory Powers.

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The Commission consists of all the consuls of the signatory Powers in Egypt.

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But future experience must decide whether the signatory Powers will in practice always act according to this distinction.

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On the signatory Powers no obligation whatever to submit any difference to arbitration is imposed.

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