[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Dame Maggie Smith in Wheelchair - why?

[Jordan Abel]

Shaun:
> He can sign his name as 'Edward' and nothing else, and it is his
> legal signature

I thought that in most common law jurisdictions (including, among
others, 49 of the 50 United States, EnglandAndWales, and Canada [but
not Quebec]) any mark made with one's own hand (if intended as a
signature of course) was a legal signature? That is, I could sign as
"Edward" and it would be a legal signature for me despite it not even
being my name. There are practical matters regarding authentication of
course, but my handwriting is reasonably distinct and if I were to
make a habit of signing in that way that would not be an issue, and in
that case I don't believe there's any law saying that's not a legal
signature.

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Random832