In-dôrse'ment, n.

n. [Law Lat. indorsamentum, from L. Lat. indorsare; Fr. endossement, It. indossamento. See supra.] [Written also endorsement.]

1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
2. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred.

Story. Byles. Burrill. 3. Sanction or support given; as, the indorsement of a rumor.