signature

handwritten mark made as a proof of identity and intent
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signature

Summary

signature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,759 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • signature is a type of signature[2].
  • signature is part of contract[3].
  • signature is part of treaty[4].
  • signature is part of contract law[5].
  • signature is part of Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties[6].
  • signature's Commons category is recorded as Signatures[7].
  • signature is the opposite of Yūin[8].
  • signature's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Signature[9].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • signature's topic has template is recorded as Template:Uw-tilde[14].
  • signature's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'John Hancock'}[15].
  • signature's has characteristic is recorded as handwriting[16].
  • signature's main Wikidata property is recorded as P109[17].
  • signature's different from is recorded as signing[18].

Body

Definition and Type

signature is a type of signature[2]. signature is the opposite of Yūin[8].

Use and Application

Part of include contract[3], a field of study[19]; treaty[4]; contract law[5], an area of law[20]; and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties[6], an United Nations treaty[21], in Austria[22].

Why It Matters

signature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,759 views/month).[1] signature has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] signature is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . CMR Convention. treaties.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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