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adjective
1.
having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
noun
2.
a signer, or one of the signers, of a document: France and Holland were among the signatories of the treaty.
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Signatory
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Example Sentences
- Simply put, it would require signatory countries to agree to enforce legal judgments handed down in other countries.
- Its goods might be barred by a signatory to the convention.
- The treaty allows either signatory to withdraw with six months' notice.
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Word Origin & History
signatory
1647, "used in sealing" (adj.), from L. signatorius "of sealing," from signatus, pp. of signare "to sign" (see sign). Noun sense of "one who signs" first recorded 1866.
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