Countersign (legal)

authority of the representative. Also, a money order or other financial instrument may be signed once upon receipt, then signed again by the same person when presented for payment, as an indication that the bearer is the same person who originally received the item, and not a thief who has stolen the item before it could be carried to the place where it was to be presented.^[1]

parliamentary speaker. This effectively codifies the principle that the head of state almost always exercises his or her powers on the advice of the government.^{[citation needed}