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coun·ter·sign /'kau̇n-tər-ˌsīn/ n: a signature attesting the authenticity of a document already signed by another
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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v. To sign one's own name next to one's own or someone else's to authenticate, reinforce, or verify the first signature.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The inscription of one's name at the end of a writing, done by a secretary or a subordinate, to attest to the fact that such a writing has been signed by a principal or a superior, thereby vouching for the genuineness of the signature. To write one's name at the end of a document—in addition to the inscription of a name by another—to attest to the authenticity of the signature.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The inscription of one's name at the end of a writing, done by a secretary or a subordinate, to attest to the fact that such a writing has been signed by a principal or a superior, thereby vouching for the genuineness of the signature. To write one's name at the end of a document—in addition to the inscription of a name by another—to attest to the authenticity of the signature.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
