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On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 12:28:18AM +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote: > Signature, in English Law, according to the Law Society, is the making of > a mark of any sort with the intention of signature. > > In writing, if it gets mentioned, is defined by the same people as "If > you can read it, it is in writing". > > Signed: Adrian Midgley > > While not a lawyer, I had to look up American (Federal) Law at one point. The way I read it is that if you mean the document to be binding then it is binding. Hence an ordinary email or a fax is binding. To follow on from Gordon's travails, the more recent web contracts I "signed" were, please tick this box is you agree to be bound by the attached contract. -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 or 0x3184D537 Smime Fingerprint 98:24:AE:F7:D1:D6:E5:A0:F0:55:2F:40:42:5F:46:24:F9:52:f4:30 Mon Apr 4 06:35:06 BST 2011
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