Black’s Law Dictionary 1st Edition, page 1096:
SIGN. To affix one’8 nam~ to • writ- ing or instrument. for the purpose of authenticating it, or to give it effect as one’s act.
To “sign” is merely to write one’s name on paper, or declare assent or attestation by some sign or mark, and does not, like “subscribe,” require that one should write at the bottom of the instrument signed. 6 N. Y. 9, IS; 4 Edw. 102.
Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Edition, page 1096:
SIGN. To affix one’s name to a writing or instrument, for the purpose of authenticating it, or to give it effect as one’s act.
To “sign” is merely to write one’s name OD paper, or declare assent or attestation by some sign or mark, and does not, like “subscribe,” require that one should write at the bottom of the instrument signed. See Sheehan v. Kear- ney, 82 Miss. 68,8 21 South. ’41, 35 L. R. A. 102 ; Robins v. Coryell, 27 Barb. (N. Y.) 560 ; James Y. Patten, 6 (N. Y. 9, 55 Am. Dec. 376.