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of the king's seals, made use of in sealing his private letters, and all grants that pass by bill signed under his majesty's hand; it is always in the custody of the secretaries of state.

Scots Law. See Law, Part III. § 17.

Silene, Catchfly, or Viscous Campion, a genus of plants belonging to the class decandria, and order trigynia; and in the natural system arranged under the 2nd order, Caryophyllaceae. See Botany Index.