City of London Solicitors' Company
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CITY OF LONDON SOLICITOR'S COMPANY
London Guild
Established: 1909, livery company since 1944.
Official blazon
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Arms : Quartedy argent and gules in sinister chief a deed with seals pendent Proper, in dexter base-a Roman-lamp of the first, over all a sword point upwards in bend of the second. Origin/meaningThe arms were officially granted on August 25, 1926. Motto added in December 1944. The arms symbolise the debt that English law owes to ancient Rome. The deed clearly is a symbol of a legal document, the sword is a symbol of justice and the lamp symbolises 'the Roman legal precepts that still illuminate the administration of justice'. In the crest the owl is a symbol of wisdom, the fasces were in Roman times a symbol of authority. The motto means : Freedom's foundation is the Law Contact and SupportPartners: Your logo here ?
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