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Fla. Stat. § 695.08 (2025)

Prior use of scrawl as seal.

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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1967–1967 · leading case: Pitts v. Pitchford, 201 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967).
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Pitts v. Pitchford, 201 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967). “, 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.”
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