as in hands
a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent
let me just scribble my John Hancock on the bottom of the form
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California generally verifies the identities of mail voters through their signatures.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024 -
Simpler disclosures would replace a pile of documents (with lots of signatures and things to keep track of) with much less paper or pixels, thus simplifying and reducing the cost of transactions.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“John Hancocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/John%20Hancocks. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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