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Definition of Hallmarking
1. hallmark [v] - See also: hallmark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallmarking
Literary usage of Hallmarking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Times (1882)
"He would abolish all compulsory hallmarking, and would substitute a ...
Anyone anxious for information on the subject of hallmarking will find what they ..."
2. The Royal Commission: The London City Livery Companies' Vindication (1885)
"Ho stated that he " knew that this could be done and that he felt sure that it
was done " (See Report on Gold and Silver hallmarking, House of Commons, ..."
3. The London City Livery Companies' Vindication: The Royal Commission by London Livery Companies' Commission (1885)
"... has complained of me for the part which I took before the Select Committee on
the subject of gold and silver hallmarking in 1878 and 1879. ..."
4. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1890)
"Although it may possibly be an advantage to establish in India a system of
voluntary hallmarking, it might very seriously affect the silver trade in India ..."
5. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"hallmarking was instituted In 1300 under a statute of Edward I. Normally a complete
modem hall-mark consists of four symbols—the maker's mark, ..."
6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"The various government administrations, comprising railways, telegraphs, posts,
lighthouses, ports, and hallmarking, bring in a total revenue of ..."