{"id":14413,"date":"2019-12-20T16:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T16:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=14413"},"modified":"2019-12-20T16:35:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T16:35:21","slug":"contract_under_seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/contract_under_seal\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a contract under Seal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the\u00a0law, a\u00a0Seal<\/b>\u00a0affixed to a\u00a0contract\u00a0<\/strong>or other\u00a0legal instrument\u00a0has had special legal significance at various times in the jurisdictions that recognise it. In the courts of\u00a0common law jurisdictions, a contract which was sealed (‘made under seal’) was treated differently from other written contracts (which were ‘made under hand’), although this practice gradually fell out of favour in most of these jurisdictions in the 19th and early 20th century. The legal term seal<\/i>\u00a0arises from the\u00a0wax seal\u00a0used throughout history for\u00a0authentication\u00a0(among other purposes).<\/p>\n

Originally, only a wax seal was accepted as a seal by the courts, but by the 19th century many jurisdictions had relaxed the definition to include an impression in the paper on which the instrument was printed, an\u00a0embossed\u00a0paper wafer affixed to an instrument, a\u00a0scroll<\/i>\u00a0made with a pen, or the printed words “Seal” or “L.S.” (standing for the\u00a0Latin\u00a0term\u00a0locus sigilli<\/b><\/i>\u00a0meaning “place of the seal”).<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding their reduced significance, seals are still used on contracts, usually in the impression on paper form.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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