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A signatory puts his or her signature on a document that is also signed by others. In 1215 the English barons revolted against King John and forced him to join them as a signatory to the Magna Carta. This agreement stated the barons' own duties to the King but also assigned the barons clear rights and limited the King's power over them. Though the Magna Carta did nothing for the common people, it's often been called the first step toward democracy in the English-speaking countries.
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a signatory of the Declaration of Independence
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The letter’s signatories include 31 Nobel laureates in medicine, 18 in physics, 17 in chemistry and 11 in economics.
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Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Notable signatories of the RFK letter include 2024 winners in economics Simon Johnson and Daron Acemoglu; 2024 medicine winners Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun; and immunologist Drew Weissman, who won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2023 after paving the way for one type of Covid-19 vaccine.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The signatories on the multilateral agreement included the U.S., the U.K., Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Despite being a signatory to the Rome Statute – the treaty that established the court in 2002 – Mongolia extended a red-carpet welcome to the Russian leader.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Notable signatories of the RFK letter include 2024 winners in economics Simon Johnson and Daron Acemoglu; 2024 medicine winners Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun; and immunologist Drew Weissman, who won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2023 after paving the way for one type of Covid-19 vaccine.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The signatories on the multilateral agreement included the U.S., the U.K., Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Despite being a signatory to the Rome Statute – the treaty that established the court in 2002 – Mongolia extended a red-carpet welcome to the Russian leader.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Signatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/signatory. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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signatory
noun
sig·na·to·ry
ˈsig-nə-ˌtōr-ē 
plural signatories
: a signer with another or others
signatories to a petition
especially
: a government bound with others by a signed convention
signatory
adjective
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