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co·sig·na·to·ry

 (kō-sĭg′nə-tôr′ē)
adj.
Signed jointly.
n. pl. co·sig·na·to·ries
One who cosigns.
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cosignatory

(kəʊˈsɪɡnətərɪ; -trɪ)
n, pl -ries
(Law) a person, country, etc, that signs a document jointly with others
adj
(Law) signing jointly with another or others
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co•sig•na•to•ry

(koʊˈsɪg nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

adj., n., pl. -ries. adj.
1. signing jointly with another or others.
n.
2. a person who signs a document jointly with another or others; cosigner.
[1860–65]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cosignatory - one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration)
signatory, signer - someone who signs and is bound by a document
Adj.1.cosignatory - signing jointly with others
joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
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Translations

cosignatory

[ˈkəʊˈsɪgnətərɪ] Ncosignatario/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cosignatory

[kəʊˈsɪgnətəri] ncosignataire mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cosignatory

nMitunterzeichner(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cosignatory

[kəʊˈsɪgnətrɪ] ncofirmatario/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
JUST weeks after his cosignatory in a complaint against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) was detained by Hong Kong immigration, former foreign affairs secretary Alberto del Rosario was barred from entering the territory on Friday.
If President Kenyatta retires in 2022, then Mr Odinga, as the cosignatory to the March 9 deal, will be the best placed person to effect the resolutions," said the council's executive director, Mzee Owino Nyady.
Sister Gina is in fact a cosignatory, representing women's congregations, of the statement of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) regarding the recent arrest and detention of Sister Patricia Fox, NDS.
Summary: If the principal signer defaults a loan, the cosignatory will be the first person to answer to the lender