Sentence examples for been countersigned from inspiring English sources
noun
A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person
His cabinet approved a decree which, had it been countersigned by President Giorgio Napolitano, would have forced Ms Englaro's doctors to continue treatment.Why?
There were only a few weeks left in January when Rimkus finally got a call from her landlord: the lease had been countersigned, and the bar had an extra year.
Exxon's current rights are based on a disputed November 2009 deal, the negotiation of which was the subject of an inquiry by Nigeria's now former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madeuke, who said at the time she would recall the agreement since they had only been signed by a junior minister, Henry Odein Ajumogobia, and had never been countersigned by the senior oil minister, the late Rilwanu Lukman.
"Marriages have to be countersigned by the court.
To become law, the acts must be countersigned by at least one cabinet member.
The king's decrees had to be countersigned by ministers responsible to the Sejm, which was partly elected on the basis of property qualifications.
Except in urgent cases, similar operations by the police and HM Revenue and Customs have to be countersigned by a judge acting as a Surveillance Commissioner.
After the first such order in 1973 signed by Kissinger, the Joint Chiefs demanded that any subsequent ones be countersigned by at least one other Nixon cabinet officer.
But Mr. Himmelstein said that because this appears to be a nonregulated tenancy, unless the landlord has already signed the lease, the lease will not become effective until it is countersigned by the landlord and returned to the tenant.
It was countersigned by its obvious target, the prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.See article: Italy's media and politicsThe Anglican church worldwide got a new head proposed by Britain's prime minister and appointed by its queen.
In practice, the monarch's role as head of state is limited to representative and official functions; royal acts must be countersigned by a minister, who in turn becomes responsible for them to the parliament.
