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 (5,502 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • signature is a type of personal identifier[2].
  • signature is a type of Q140757678[3].
  • signature is a type of inscription[4].
  • signature is part of contract[5].
  • signature is part of treaty[6].
  • signature is part of contract law[7].
  • signature is part of Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties[8].
  • signature's Commons category is recorded as Signatures[9].
  • signature is the opposite of Yūin[10].
  • signature's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Signature[11].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • signature's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • signature's topic has template is recorded as Template:Uw-tilde[16].
  • signature's nickname is recorded as John Hancock[17].
  • signature's has characteristic is recorded as handwriting[18].
  • signature's main Wikidata property is recorded as P109[19].
  • signature's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C25678[20].
  • signature's different from is recorded as signing[21].
  • signature's P14541 is recorded as 2ON5xm[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include personal identifier[2], Q140757678[3], and inscription[4]. signature is the opposite of Yūin[10].

Use and Application

Part of include contract[5], a legal term or legal concept[23]; treaty[6]; contract law[7], an area of law[24]; and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties[8], an United Nations treaty[25], in Austria[26].

Why It Matters

signature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,502 views/month).[1] signature has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] signature is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 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.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → personal identifier, Q140757678, inscription
    Nci thesaurus id → C25678
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1748]]: C25678"
  2. 10w ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → personal identifier, Q140757678, inscription
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1640824]]"
  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 13653
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 13653, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484529|SIGNATURE (#167484529)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2ON5xm
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 13w ago · Pitke · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → personal identifier, Q140757678, inscription
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q7170587]]"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0384844-podpis
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0384844-podpis, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21790, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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