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Electronic signature

A signature made on a screen, not on paper. The Agreement says it binds like a handwritten one. Both companies signed the Agreement this way, on a signing platform. Agreement, clause 21.2 · Chapter 10 · see Counterparts, Execution

Explained in Chapter 10, How to Sign a Contract: Execution and E-Signatures, of Drafting Skills.

How it comes up, in Chapter 10
An electronic signature is a signature made on a screen, not on paper. Clause 21.2 lets each party sign this way, and says it binds like a handwritten one.
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