Obs. [ad. late L. subsignātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. subsignāre to SUBSIGN.] Signature; affixing a seal. Also fig.
1590. Swinburne, Test., 17. The presence of vij. witnesses,… their subscription, their subsignation.
1612. Shelton, Quix., I. iv. iv. (1620), 328. This is as good as subsignation of your hands-writing.
1656. [? J. Sergeant], trans. T. White’s Peripat. Inst., App. 339. To fortify the Institutions, I would recommend to Thee, with a subsignation of Theology [orig. Theologiæ chirographo].
1700. T. Madox, Formulare Anglic. (1702), p. xxvii. No great Stress can be laid upon the words of Subsignation to K. Edwy’s Charter.
1726. Ayliffe, Parergon, 482. The Subsignation or putting a Man’s Mark or Signet.
