Privy
101privy token — /priviy towkan/ A false mark or sign, forged object, counterfeited letter, key, ring, etc., used to deceive persons, and thereby fraudulently obtain possession of property. A false privy token is a false privy document or sign, not such as is… …
102privy seal — A seal which is affixed to royal grants or letters patent which are to pass under the great seal. The sign manual is the warrant to the privy seal and the privy seal is the warrant to the great seal. See 2 Bl Comm 347 …
103privy signet — Signet Sig net, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim. of signe. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sennet}.] A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign… …
104privy council — noun Date: 14th century 1. archaic a secret or private council 2. capitalized P&C a body of officials and dignitaries chosen by the British monarch as an advisory council to the Crown usually functioning through its committees 3. a usually… …
105privy councillor — noun see privy council …
106Privy Chamber — The Privy Chamber is part of the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, where the Sultans have used as office and also kept the Sacred Trusts …
107Privy mark — A privy mark was originally a small mark or differentiation in the design of a coin for the purpose of identifying the mint, moneyer, or some other aspect of the coin s production or origin, for control purposes. Nowadays it is mainly used as a… …
108privy council — noun a) A body of advisers to a sovereign functioning much as a cabinet. b) The British Privy Council …
109Privy Council — The body of advisers appointed to advise the monarch. It was an offshoot of the *curia regis composed of the king s tenants in chief, household officials, and indeed anyone else the king chose. From it grew larger councils, which in turn emerged… …
110Privy Council — Originating in the thirteenth century as a small body of influential advisers to the monarch, today the Council is the formal machinery via which the monarch exercises their prerogative powers. Nominally extensive (the Council comprises the… …
