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Definition of Signing

1. Noun. Language expressed by visible hand gestures.

Definition of Signing

1. Noun. The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company ¹

2. Noun. (by extension) A player signed by a club ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of sign) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Signing

1. sign [v] - See also: sign

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signing

Literary usage of Signing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual for Courts-martial, Courts of Inquiry and of Other Procedure Under by United States War Dept (1916)
"signing, directing, or allowing the signing of false muster rolls. III. Taking money or other consideration on muster or signing muster rolls. IV. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"In ordinary cases, the signing of a citation In Urne, by the proper justice or judge, is a sufficient allowance of an appeal, 1886, the appeal was docketed ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Real Property as Applied Between Vendor and by Leonard Augustus Jones (1896)
"signing in General.. A deed must be signed. —Under the Saxon rule in England, deeds were executed by subscribing with the sign of the eross. ..."

4. The American Revolution by Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1905)
""The author," (so the reviewer writes,) " gives us the old story that Franklin wore at Versailles, on signing the Declaration of Independence, the very coat ..."

5. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1905)
"APPENDIX III (See page 162) Franklin, and the signing of the Treaty with France THE appearance of this volume brought me frequent private communications ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"The defendants, the other partners, In their answer admitted the signing of the note by Jackson In the name of the firm, but alleged that the note was given ..."

7. A Treatise on Extraordinary Relief in Equity and at Law by Thomas Carl Spelling (1893)
"Settling, signing, and sealing Bills of Exceptions. — The earliest exercise of jurisdiction to compel the signing of bills of exception by judges of ..."

8. Parties to Mortgage Foreclosures and Their Rights and Liabilities in by Charles Hastings Wiltsie (1885)
"Mortgagor signing the bond or note, or covenanting in the mortgage ... A married woman, signing the bond or other obligation, liable—general principles. 96. ..."

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