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PEN |
Writing instrument |
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STYLUS |
An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1. |
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MICROGRAPH |
An instrument for executing minute writing or
engraving. |
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SCOTOGRAPH |
An instrument for writing in the dark, or without
seeing. |
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POLYGRAPH |
An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a
manifold writer; a copying machine. |
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PROTOCOL |
The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty,
dispatch, or other instrument. |
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INDORSEMENT |
The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or
other written instrument. |
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COGNOVIT |
An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action
acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. |
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DEED |
A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment,
duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or
contract. |
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PAPER |
A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the
like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society. |
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CHARTER |
An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a
state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises,
or privileges. |
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TESTAMENT |
A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a
person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after
his death. |
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CONSTRUCTIONIST |
One who puts a certain construction upon some
writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a
strict constructionist; a broad constructionist. |
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MEMORANDUM |
A brief or informal note in writing of some
transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument
drawn up in a brief and compendious form. |
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DATE |
To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an
instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a
deed, or a charter. |
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TENOR |
An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and
figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or
general import of the instrument. |
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COUNTERSIGN |
To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or
writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or
superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing. |
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UPSTROKE |
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by
a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the
writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made. |
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TYPEWRITER |
An instrument for writing by means of type, a
typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of
keyboard, in order to obtain... |
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STYLE |
An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets
covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt,
and somewhat expa... |
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CALL |
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otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a
summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bug... |
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CONVEYANCE |
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estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing
(as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed
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AFFIX |
To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append
to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix
a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing. |
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PRESENT |
Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a
lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know
all men by thes... |
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POLICY |
The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance
is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and
conditions on which o... |