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sig⋅na⋅to⋅ry

  [sig-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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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.
Origin:
1640–50, in earlier sense “used in affixing seals”; 1860–65 for def. 2; < L signātōrius of, belonging to sealing, equiv. to signā(re) to mark, seal (see sign ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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sig·na·to·ry   (sĭg'nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  Bound by signed agreement: the signatory parties to a contract.
n.   pl. sig·na·to·ries
One that has signed a treaty or other document.

[Latin signātōrius, from signātus, past participle of signāre, to mark, from signum, sign; see sign.]
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sig·na·to·ry
Pronunciation: 'sig-n&-"tOr-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
: a signer with another or others <signatories to a petition>; especially : a government bound with others by a signed convention —signatory adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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