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Handwriting - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Handwriting : (noun)
1: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting";
"his hand was illegible" [syn: hand, script]
2: the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow
and painful for one with arthritis"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Handwriting : \Hand"writ`ing\, n.
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or
person; chirography.
2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of
disaster. --Dan. v. 5.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HANDWRITING, evidence. Almost every person'sHandwriting : has something
whereby it may be distinguished from the writing of others, and this
difference is sometimes intended by the term.
2. It is sometimes necessary to prove that a certain instrument or name
is in the handwriting of a particular person; that is done either by the
testimony of a witness, who saw the paper or signature actually written, or
by one who has by sufficient means, acquired such a knowledge of the general
character of the handwriting of the party, as will enable him to swear to
his belief, that the handwriting of the person is the handwriting in
question. 1 Phil. Ev. 422; Stark. Ev. h.t.; 2 John. Cas. 211; 5 John. R.
144; 1 Dall. 14; 2 Greenl. R. 33; 6 Serg. & Rawle, 668; 1 Nott & M'Cord,
554; 19 Johns. R. 134; Anthon's N. P. 77; 1 Ruffin's R. 6; 2 Nott & M'Cord,
400; 7 Com. Dig. 447; Bac. Ab. Evidence, M; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Handwriting : (Col. 2:14). The "blotting out the handwriting" is the removal
by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which
we had broken.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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