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What are the ways in which a signature would normally be invalidated? (and how do you check for coercion?)
by jfoster 6y ago
What are the ways in which a signature would normally be invalidated? (and how do you check for coercion?)
- luckylion 6y agoYou make the person sit in front of a notary, he confirms their identity and reads them the document they are about to sign (to make sure they know what they sign) and then confirms that they personally and voluntarily signed. Of course, you can only check for immediate coercion. You can make sure nobody has a gun to their head, but you can hardly check that nobody has a gun to their children in the car outside, or their brother that lives on a different continent.
- magicsmoke 6y agoIf you're coerced into signing a contract, you can always breach it later and when sued for breach of contract bring up evidence of coercion. Courts will not enforce contracts signed under coercion. At the end of the day, a contract is just a piece of paper and your signature is just some ink. Contracts only have power if courts enforce them. (At least for private entities. International law and sovereign entities are a whole other ballgame)
- jacquesm 6y agoProving coercion or lack thereof is hard. If it wasn't everybody and their brother would weasel out of contracts unfavorable to them. Well, not everybody, but still, plenty of people would.