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minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoThe act of signing is what is important, whatever squiggly line ensues is irrelevant. I remember being told to compare signatures in a retail job long ago. It just meant that my employer didn’t understand that either.
minus-squareHereIAm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy would just the act be enough? I could still come around the next day and say I never signed those papers, and the proof is my signatures never look the same? (As a hypothetical, normally you’ll have similarities still)
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoTypically there is at least one witness too: the cashier, a lawyer, the other party. So, when there is a dispute that makes it to a court of some kind there’s evidence.
minus-squareGonzako@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah, on discovery they won’t say it’s the same. They’ll just ask if you signed it
The act of signing is what is important, whatever squiggly line ensues is irrelevant.
I remember being told to compare signatures in a retail job long ago. It just meant that my employer didn’t understand that either.
Why would just the act be enough? I could still come around the next day and say I never signed those papers, and the proof is my signatures never look the same? (As a hypothetical, normally you’ll have similarities still)
Typically there is at least one witness too: the cashier, a lawyer, the other party.
So, when there is a dispute that makes it to a court of some kind there’s evidence.
That’s true. 🙂
Yeah, on discovery they won’t say it’s the same. They’ll just ask if you signed it