Also known as: affixes · affixed · affixing · affixation · affixus · attach · seal
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To attach, add to, or fasten on permanently. The action creates a lasting physical or functional connection between the item and its target.
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After receiving a privileged email from Apex Dynamics during document production, Alliance Holdings promptly returned the file and all copies to the producing party without reviewing or using its contents. The receiving counsel sequestered the material pending resolution of the privilege claim.
The clerk of the Delaware court affixed the official seal to the certified copy of the judgment before sending it to the federal court in Pennsylvania. The receiving court accepted the document as properly authenticated under full faith and credit principles.
The subpoena issued by the district court bore the embossed seal of the United States. Because the seal appeared on the face of the document, no additional testimony was required to establish its authenticity at trial.
Andre Antoine represented to Ariana Azizi that the property had no encumbrances. A reasonable buyer would have attached importance to the existence of the undisclosed lien when deciding whether to purchase the parcel.
Acting under the power of attorney, Adrian Aguilar executed the deed on behalf of the principal and affixed a schedule of assets to the instrument before recording it with the county clerk.
After the court entered judgment against Ashford Manufacturing, the judgment lien attached to the company's real property upon docketing. The lien's priority was then determined under applicable recording statutes.
Affixing a seal means permanently attaching or impressing the official seal onto the document so that it becomes part of the record. This step authenticates the document for use in other courts under full faith and credit rules.
The receiving party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the information and any copies. The party must also refrain from using or disclosing the material until the claim is resolved.
…remains in office the President cannot take from his custody the seal of the United States nor prevent him from recording and affixing the seal to civil commissions of such officers as do not hold their offices at the will of the President after the President has signed them and delivered them to the Secretary for that…