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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 569 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INITIALS (See also:Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)  , the first letters of names . In legal and formal documents it is usually the practice in appending a See also:signature to write the name in full . But this is by no means necessary, even in cases where a signature is expressly required by See also:statute . It has been held that it is sufficient if a See also:person affixes to a document the usual See also:form in which he signs his name, with the See also:intent that it shall be treated as his signature . So, signature by See also:initials is a See also:good signature within the Statute of Frauds (See also:Phillimore v . See also:Barry, 1818, 1 See also:Camp . 513), and also under the See also:Wills See also:Act 1837 (In re Blewitt, 188o, 5 P.D . 116) .

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