![We can therefore consider…the modes in which authority is given for affixing the Great Seal.<br />
They are four:<br />
A *fiat* of the Chancellor or Attorney-General, or warrant of the Speaker of the House of Commons.<br />
An Order in Council.<br />
A sign manual warrant.<br />
A sign manual preceded by an Order in Council.<br />
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Writs for by-elections…are issued from the Crown Office on the authority of a warrant from the Speaker…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EL2nCnvW4AMBjEe.png)
2. …Attorney-General’s Bill.
3. Bill signed by the King…
4. …transcript sealed with Signet…
5. …transcript…sealed with Privy Seal…
6. If Lord Chancellor saw no objection, he wrote his name under the grant…" src="/images/1px.png" data-src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EL2nDkTW4AQOc1W.png">