Legal Definition and Related Resources of Seal of the united states

The seal used by the United States in congress assembled shall be the seal of the United States, viz. : Arms: Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent and gules; a chief azure; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch, and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper, and in his beak a scroll, inscribed with this motto, “E Pluribus unum.” For the Crest : Over the head of the eagle which appears above the escutcheon, a glory, or breaking through a cloud proper, and surrounding thirteen stars, forming a constellation argent on an azure field. Reverse: A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith, an eye in a triangle, surrounded with a glory proper. Over the eye, these words, “Annuit coeptis.” On the base of the pyramid, the numerical letters mdcclxxvi, and underneath, the following motto, “Novua ordo seclorum.” Resolution of Congress, June 20, 1782; Gordon, Dig. art. 207.

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