# legislationCountersignedBy - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/legislationCountersignedBy
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:48:23.704Z

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-   Canonical URL: https://schema.org/legislationCountersignedBy
-   Equivalent Property: eli:countersigned\_by
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The person or organization that countersigned the legislation. Depending on the legal context, a countersignature can indicate that the signed authority undertakes to assume responsibility for texts emanating from a person who is inviolable and irresponsible, (for example a King, Grand Duc or President), or that the authority is in charge of the implementation of the text.

### Acknowledgements

This entry is derived from the [ELI ontology](http://publications.europa.eu/mdr/eli/index.html) (European Legislation Identifier). ELI is an initiative of some national legislation publishers endorsed by EU countries and Institutions, to identify, describe and link legislation on the web, and is led by the [ELI taskforce](http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli-register/about.html).

#### Source

[https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2698](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2698)

[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/model/-/resource/dataset/eli](https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/model/-/resource/dataset/eli)