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Definition of Assay-mark

1. Noun. A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.

Literary usage of Assay-mark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Emporium of Arts and Sciences by John Redman Coxe (1812)
"The Assay mark fur Silver is divided as the real mark for this metal, namely, into 16 loi lis. and each loth into 18 grains, and the grain into halves and ..."

2. Hall Marks on Gold & Silver Plate by William Chaffers (1905)
"The standard marks for large works are not now, as heretofore, accompanied by a large assay mark; it has been suppressed, as it could without inconvenience ..."

3. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and by John Jane Smith Wharton (1883)
"2, it was made felony to forge or counterfeit an}- assay mark. Assayer of the King, an officer of the Mint, who tried the silver; he was indifferently ..."

4. The Law of Trade Marks and Their Registration: And Matters Connected by Lewis Boyd Sebastian (1890)
"If the cases are wholly unmarked, or are duly marked in accordance with the Order in Council, or with a foreign assay mark, and there is not, in addition, ..."

5. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"The Hall murks on gold are, 1st, the maker's initials, 2nd, the assay mark. 3rd, the mark of the office where it is stamped, and 4th, the head of the Queen. ..."

6. Manual of the Law of Scotland by John Hill Burton (1847)
"... and when he constructs any article requiring the assay mark, he sends it first stamped with his own initial mark, to be stamped at the assay office of ..."

7. Tate's Modern Cambist: Forming a Manual of Foreign Exchanges by [William] Tate (1874)
"Tip to lately Hamburg used to assay and report in the assay mark, divided, ... But Hamburg has now discarded the mark together with the assay mark, ..."

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