signature

your name written in your own handwriting a distinguishing style

"this room needs a woman's touch" a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key a sheet with several pages printed on it

it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book

otheruses 's signature on the United States Declaration of Independence]]A signature is a usually stylized version of someone's name written on documents as a proof of identity and will (law)will, like a seal (device)seal, but handwritten.Signatures may be witnessed and recorded in the presence of a Notary Public.The traditional function of a signature is evidential: it is to give evidence of (a) the provenance of the document (identity); and (b) the intention (will) of an individual with regard to that document. For example, the role of a signature in many consumer contracts is not to provide evidence of the identity of the contracting party, but rather to provide evidence of deliberation and informed consent.A signature can be referred to in many ways, including the term "John Hancock", after the first of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. A signature of a famous person is sometimes known as an autograph, and is typically written on its own or with a brief note to the recipient, rather than providing authentication for a document.Special signature machines exist that are capable of automatically reproducing an individual's signature. These are typically used by people required to sign many documents, for example celebritycelebrities, Head of Stateheads of state or CEOs.Several cultures whose languages use writing systems other than alphabets do not share the Western notion of signatures per se, in that the "signing" of one's name results in a written product no different than the act of "writing" one's name in the standard way. To write or to sign involves the same written characters. Two examples including Chinese languageChinese and Japanese languageJapanese; in Japanese culture, people typically use ''name-seals'' or inkan with the name written in ''tensho'' script (''seal script'') (also see Calligraphy).Text automatically appended to E-mail and Newsgroup messages, usually including a name, contact info, and sometimes quotes and ASCII art, is also called a signature (see signature block); however, these are separate from electronic signatures or digital signatures. Some websites use graphical signatures, and refer to them as 'sigs'. en.wikipedia.org - Click here for an example of a graphical signature.The sheet of paper that travels through a printing press which is later cut into separate pages is also referred to as a signature.Also, a signature doesen't have to be your name, it can be a mark or something of that nature.

See also -

Authentication

Digital signature

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