The epistates ( ἐπιστάτης ), an official selected by lot for a single day from among the currently presiding prytany, chaired that day's meeting of the boule and, if there was one, that day's meeting of the assembly ; he also held the keys to the treasury and the seal to the city, and welcomed foreign ambassadors.

To seal official documents, he will usually use an inked stamp.

Dartmouth's 1769 royal charter required the creation of a seal for use on official documents and diplomas.

On October 28, 1926, the trustees affirmed the charter's reservation of the seal for official corporate documents alone.

Ivory was also commonly carved into elaborate seals utilized by officials to " sign " documents and decrees by stamping them with their unique official seal.

Indeed, the official Latin title of the kings of France was Rex Francorum, i. e. " king of the Franks " ( until Louis ' grand-father's reign, Philip II whose seal reads Rex Franciae, i. e. " king of France "), and the kings of France were also known by the title " most Christian king " ( Rex Christianissimus ).

** the University of Louisville official seal

** the University of South Carolina official seal

** the University of North Carolina at Greensboro official seal.

The first day cover involving Muralitharan bears an official seal captioned as " The highest wicket taker in Test cricket, MUTHIAH MURALIDARAN, First Day of Issue 03. 12. 2007, Camp Post Office, Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium, Kandy ".

The official seal is your assurance that this product is licensed or manufactured by Nintendo.

The removal of the official seal is punishable by law.

:" taught the Shanyu ( rulers of the Xiongnu ) to write official letters to the Chinese court on a wooden tablet () 31 cm long, and to use a seal and large-sized folder ".

As the country's head of state, in most countries the president is entitled to certain perquisites, and may have a prestigious residence ; often a lavish mansion or palace, sometimes more than one ( e. g. summer and winter residence, country retreat ) – for symbols of office, such as an official uniform, decorations, a presidential seal, coat of arms, flag and other visible accessories ; military honours such as gun salutes, Ruffles and flourishes, and a presidential guard.

" The seal of Jaazaniah carries the insignia of a rooster from the ruins of the biblical Judean kingdom at Mizpah, with the inscription of " belonging to Jaazaniah, servant to the king "., the first known representation of the chicken in Palestine, and from II Kings 25: 23, we know of one Jaazaniah the Maschathit, who was an official under Gedalish at Mizpah.

In the United States, the word " seal " is sometimes assigned to a facsimile of the seal design ( in monochrome or color ), which may be used in a variety of contexts including architectural settings, on flags, or on official letterheads.

Ichadon schemed with the king, convincing him to make a proclamation granting Buddhism official state sanction using the royal seal.

During her youth, Mary I was invested by her father, Henry VIII, with many of the rights and properties traditionally given to the Prince of Wales, including use of the official seal of Wales for correspondence.

As a result of the official charter being granted four years after the official founding of the college, the Amherst seal lists a date of 1825 ( MDCCCXXV ).

The only official explanation of the symbolism of the great seal was given by Charles Thomson upon presenting the final design for adoption by Congress.

The official description of the seal states that there should be thirteen stars in the " glory " above the eagle's head, thirteen stripes on the shield, and thirteen arrows in the eagle ’ s talon.

Similar to other nations, The United States of America needed an official symbol of sovereignty to formalize and seal ( or sign ) international treaties and transactions.

Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.

* 1917 – James Angleton, American CIA official ( d. 1987 )

While the CIA Factbook in 2006 stated that the " US is the only industrialized nation that does not mainly use the metric system ", ( in addition to non-industrialised Burma / Myanmar, Liberia ), the actual situation, however, is more complicated than the CIA Factbook would suggest-in the United Kingdom, for example, although metric is the official system for most regulated trading by weight or measure purposes, the pint is the official unit for milk in returnable bottles and for draught beer and cider in British pubs, and miles, yards and feet remain the official units for road signage.

At the time of the last official census in Burma, 31 March 1983, the population was 35, 442, 972., this was estimated by the CIA World Factbook to have increased to 54, 584, 650 ; however, many other estimates put this much higher, at around 60 million: China's People Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59. 2 million people, and growing at 2 % annually, with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Britain-based human rights agencies place the population as high as 70 million.

According to Pastora, this happened because “ we didn ’ t want to be CIA soldiers .” The witness of Jack Terrell, a disillusioned American contra official corroborates this:

According to the CIA Factbook, the United States is one of three countries that has not adopted the International System of Units ( SI ) metric system as their official system of weights and measures.

" The intelligence isn't reliable at all ," said Vincent Cannistraro, a former senior CIA official and counterterrorism expert.

Kazakh is the official state language of Kazakhstan, in which nearly 10 million speakers are reported to live ( based on the CIA World Factbook's estimates for population and percentage of Kazakh speakers ).

Thiệu was quoted in a Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) report as being described by an unnamed American official as “ intelligent, highly ambitious, and likely to remain a coup plotter with the aim of personal advancement ”.

Michael Pillsbury, a Pentagon official, and Vincent Cannistraro pushed the CIA to supply the Stinger missile to the rebels.

In the 1984 expose entitled, " Behind the Death Squads: An exclusive report on the U. S. role in El Salvador's official terror ", award winning investigative journalist, Allan Nairn reported that the CIA routinely supplied ANSESAL, the security forces ( National Guard, National Police, Treasury Police ), and the general staff with electronic, photographic, and personal surveillance of suspected dissidents and Salvadorans abroad who were later assassinated by death squads ; and trained Salvadoran intelligence operatives in the use of investigative techniques which included, according to a former Treasury Police agent, " instruction in methods of physical and psychological torture.

A former CIA official said earlier reports of a health crisis were likely accurate.

CIA World Factbook-based map showing the percentage of population by country living below that country's official poverty line.

Donovan did not have an official role in the newly formed CIA but with his protégé Allen Dulles and others, he was instrumental in its formation.

* the " official " CIA version — further documents released

Contrary to its official goals, the US has suppressed research on drug usage, although the CIA researched regardless during MKULTRA.

He testified that a senior administration official told him in June 2003 that Iraq war critic Joe Wilson ’ s wife ( later identified as Valerie Plame ), worked for the CIA.

Marks ( 1978 ), former CIA official

McSherry found that "(...) a CIA document, dated June 23, 1976, found that one year before the official emergence of Operation Condor, security officials from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia met in Buenos Aires to prepare coordinated actions against subversive targets.