Seal

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Contents 1 Legal 2 Biology 3 Military and scouting 4 People 5 Places 6 Religion 7 Science and technology 8 Other 9 See also

Seal may refer to:

[edit] Legal

• Seal (contract law), a legal formality for contracts and other instruments
• Seal (impression), an impression used as a means of authentication and a device to make this impression
• Seal (East Asia), a stamp used in East Asia as a form of a signature
• Cylinder seal, an engraved cylinder used to roll an impression onto a flat surface, such as clay
• Record sealing, the practice of making court records confidential.

[edit] Biology

• Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals many of which are commonly called seal (although this group also includes walruses, which are rarely considered to be "seals")
  • Earless seal (True seals)
    • Harbour seal, also known as the "Common seal"
    • Grey seal
  • Eared seal
    • Fur seal
    • Sea lion

[edit] Military and scouting

• Fairey Seal, a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft, operated in the 1930s
• United States Navy SEALs, the Special Operations Forces of the American Navy
• Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), a midget submarine operated by the United States Navy and United States Special Operations Command
• USS Seal, two American submarines.
• HMS Seal, two Royal Navy ships and one submarine.
• HMS Seal (1897), a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy
• HMS Seal (N37), one of six ships of the Grampus class mine-laying submarines of the Royal Navy.
• SEALA, a training course for Sea Scouts which people need to pass to be accepted in the academy.

[edit] People

• Seal (musician) (born 1963), British soul singer-songwriter.
  • Seal (1991 album).
  • Seal (1994 album).
  • Seal (2003 album).
• Barry Seal (1939 - 1986), a drug smuggler and CIA informant
• Brajendra Nath Seal (1864 - 1938), an Indian humanist philosopher and educator
• David Seal (born 1972), Australian soccer player
• Elizabeth Seal (born 1933), an Italian actress
• Jaynie Seal (born 1973), an Australian television presenter
• Jimmy Seal (born 1950), an English footballer
• Kevin Seal, an MTV VJ in the late 1980s, the host of the pilot of Club MTV
• Manuel Seal, Jr., an American songwriter-producer
• Mike Seal (born 1970), the Assistant Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Motilal Seal (1792–1854), a Bengali Indian businessman and philanthropist
• Paul Seal (born 1952), a former American football tight end in the National Football League
• Sudhangshu Seal (born 1945), a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
• Tong Seal (born 1346 AD), legendary Burmese ruler
• Lou Seal, the mascot of the San Francisco Giants baseball team

[edit] Places

• Seal, Kent, a village in England.
• Seals, Georgia, in America.
• Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia

[edit] Religion

• Seal of the Prophets, a title given to the prophet, Muhammad.

[edit] Science and technology

• Seal (mechanical), a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join.
• Digital Signature And Electronic Authentication Law known as "SEAL", a bill that sought to update banking regulations in America.
• SEAL (cipher), a cryptographic algorithm.
• SEAL GUI, an open source interface for DOS.

[edit] Other

• Seal Online, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing game

[edit] See also

• Seale (disambiguation)
• Sealing (disambiguation)
• Seals (disambiguation)

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