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Webster 1913 Edition
Indorsement
1.
The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
2.
That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred.
Story. Byles. Burrill.
3.
Sanction, support, or approval;
as, the
. indorsement
of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conductWebster 1828 Edition
Indorsement
INDORSEMENT
,Noun.
1.
That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for payment,the return of an officer, or the verdict of a grand jury.