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Florida Statute 695.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 695.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 695.08 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
695.08 Prior use of scrawl as seal.All written instruments heretofore or hereafter made with a scrawl or scroll, printed or written, affixed as a seal are declared to be sealed instruments, and shall be construed and received in evidence as such in all the courts of this state.
History.s. 2, ch. 4148, 1893; GS 2485; RGS 3827; CGL 5705.

Cases Citing F.S. 695.08

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·Pitts v. Pitchford, 201 So. 2d 563 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4631

...e., the place where a seal is to be affixed or a scrawl or scroll which stands instead of a seal. Black’s Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, p. 1014; 79 C.J.S. Seals § 1 et seq.; 47 Am.Jur., Seals, § 1 et seq.; 29 Fla.Jur., Seals and Sealed Instruments, § 1 et seq.; F.S.A. § 695.07 and § 695.08; Langley v....
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CitedMobil Oil Corp. v. Wolfe (1979)
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