sign at i on (sign ash on)

[ A horseshoe Baptist a Porta hath thought too low a sig . nation to be raised unto a lunary representation. Sir T. Browne. ( Latham .) signatory (sig na-to-ri), n. and a. [L. signa tori us , pertaining to sealing, sign are , pp. sig nat us , mark, sign: see sign .] I. n.; pl. signa tories (-riz). One who is bound by signature to the terms of an agreement; specifically, a party or state bound jointly with several others by the signing of a public treaty or convention. The greater the humiliation, too, for Ru ia, the more more nece ary it was for the other signatories to avoid.. breaches of the treaty of 1856. The Nation, Nov. 24, 1870, p. 346. II. a. 1. Pertaining to or used in sealing: as, a signatory ring. Bailey . [Rare or unused.]-2. That has signed, or signed and sealed; bound by signature and seal, as to the terms of a contract or agreement: used specifically, in the phrase signatory powers, of the sovereign parties to a general treaty or convention, as that of Paris in 1856, or that of Ber lin in 1878. IMG:content-1048.png:[blocks in formation] E. Schuyler , Amer. Diplomacy, p. 352. Her majesty's government... are compelled to place on record their view that it [the action of the Ru ian government as to Batoum] constitutes a violation of the Treaty of Berlin unsanctioned by the signatory Powers. British Blue Book, Aug. 21, 1886.