\In*dorse"ment\, n. [From {Indorse}; cf.
{Endorsement}.] [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, etc.; 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, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a
   rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.

{Blank indorsement}. See under {Blank}.