Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consignation \Con`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. consignatio written
   proof, document: cf. F. consignation comsignation.]
   1. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing
      to another person, place, or state. [Obs.]

            So is despair a certain consignation to eternal
            ruin.                                 --Jer. Taylor.

   2. The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing;
      confirmation; ratification.

            A direct consignation of pardon.      --Jer. Taylor.

   3. A stamp; an indication; a sign. [Obs.]

            The most certain consignations of an excellent
            virtue.                               --Jer. Taylor.