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StarfishSaver

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27. The fact that a lawyer used it doesn't make it "legalese"

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #23)

Wed May 19, 2021, 02:11 PM

May 2021

I've been a lawyer for more than 30 years and have never used the term not have I ever heard an attorney use it in any of my professional endeavors. I have heard other business professionals use it but only very recently. That's probably because it's only been in the last few years that electronic signatures have been more broadly accepted as legally sufficient.

Every lawyer I know just says they need an "original signature" if they need someone to actually sign a document by hand rather than electronically. "Wet signature" is not a legal term. It's just jargon some people use to differentiate between a hand-signed and electronically-signed - and the other lawyers weighing in to this thread seem to agree.

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Lawyers! Them guys talk funny! [View all] MineralMan May 2021 OP

If lawyers spoke in clear English, there would be less need for lawyers Maeve May 2021 #1

I had a couple of clients complain that my contracts were in plain English StarfishSaver May 2021 #18

Some people buy into hype Maeve May 2021 #21

"Phooey" Pantagruel May 2021 #2

I'm involved in a lawsuit as a witness. Turbineguy May 2021 #3

In my field, we do not use the term "wet signature" LetMyPeopleVote May 2021 #4

My colleagues and I Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #6

Yes. My attorney is old-fashioned. He's also 77 years old. MineralMan May 2021 #10

Never Heard of the Term-but Its not Legalese and actually Pretty Descriptive Stallion May 2021 #13

This StarfishSaver May 2021 #19

More common in business than in any other area of law. n/t Ms. Toad May 2021 #16

Never use one word where you can use three. Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #5

There are minor shades of meaning that are different MineralMan May 2021 #11

I understand that wet signatures of Trump Inc. legal documents involve hookers and plastic sheets. 11 Bravo May 2021 #7

In a house closing once, he said, "This is the form that covers the bank in case lindysalsagal May 2021 #8

Res ipsa loquitor and que sera, sera MerryHolidays May 2021 #9

My lawyer is an older gentleman. MineralMan May 2021 #12

I agree. I practiced law (primarily litigation) for 33 years rsdsharp May 2021 #14

That's a new one for me. But I've only been a lawyer for 39 years. TomSlick May 2021 #15

A "dry signature" is anything signed with a Sharpie. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #22

I don't recall ever seeing a signature with a Sharpie. TomSlick May 2021 #25

LOL. I had to endorse a payroll check with a Sharpie once. That gave Trump's Sharpie Progressive Jones May 2021 #30

There's a difference between jargon and legal terms of art. Ms. Toad May 2021 #17

That's a fairly new term and isn't "legalese" StarfishSaver May 2021 #20

Odd, because it was a lawyer who used it in an email, MineralMan May 2021 #23

The fact that a lawyer used it doesn't make it "legalese" StarfishSaver May 2021 #27

Well, I'm only dealing with one lawyer, and he did use the term MineralMan May 2021 #28

Except that "DocuSign" with associated PCIntern May 2021 #24

Yes, for some documents, but not all. MineralMan May 2021 #26

No argument with anything you said PCIntern May 2021 #29

ok LanternWaste May 2021 #31