Subscription
Sub`scrip´tion
SUBSCRIPTION, contracts. The placing a signature at the bottom of a written
or printed engagement; or it is the attestation of a witness by so writing
his name; but it has been holden that the attestation of an illiterate
witness, by making his mark, is a sufficient subscription. 7 Bing. 457; 2
Ves. 454; Atk. 177; 1 Yes. jr. 11; 3 P. Wms. 253; 1 V. & B. 362. Vide To
sign.
2. By subscription is also understood the act by which a person
contracts, in writing, to furnish a sum of money for a particular purpose;
as, a subscription to a charitable institution, a subscription for a book,
for a newspaper, and the like.
John Hancock,
OK,
X,
acceptance,
accommodation,
accordance,
affirmance,
affirmation,
alms,
alms fee,
approbation,
approval,
authentication,
authorization,
autograph,
award,
awarding,
bestowal,
bestowment,
certification,
charity,
christcross,
cipher,
collection,
commitment,
communication,
concession,
conferment,
conferral,
confirmation,
contribution,
cost,
countermark,
countersign,
countersignature,
counterstamp,
cross,
deliverance,
delivery,
device,
dole,
donation,
donative,
dues,
endorsement,
endowment,
fee,
furnishment,
gifting,
giving,
go-ahead,
grant,
granting,
green light,
hand,
handout,
impartation,
impartment,
imprimatur,
initials,
investiture,
investment,
liberality,
mark,
mark of signature,
monogram,
nod,
notarization,
obligation,
offer,
offering,
offertory,
okay,
payment,
permission,
pittance,
pledge,
presentation,
presentment,
price,
promise,
provision,
ratification,
remittance,
rubber stamp,
sanction,
seal,
sigil,
sign manual,
signature,
signet,
stamp,
stamp of approval,
supplying,
surrender,
the nod,
tithe,
validation,
visa,
vise,
votive offering,
vouchsafement,
warrant