robo-signing

See also: robosigning

English

Alternative forms

• robosigning

Etymology

• robo- +‎ signing.

Noun

robo-signing (plural robo-signings)

1. (business) Approving or ratifying a document without reviewing it.
   • 2010 October 18, Elizabeth Shell, “The Road to 'Robo-signing'”, in PBS NewsHour‎^[1], retrieved July 19, 2016:

     But, what is robo-signing? How does a mortgage get to that point?

2. (law) Initiating a foreclosure or other legal procedure without knowledge of the facts attested.
   • 2010, Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies appropriations for 2011: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, US House of Representatives:

     The court determined that the practice of multiple foreclosure filings without sufficient documentation of the title and often with inaccurate affidavits – the so-called "robo-signing" phenomenon – was not acceptable.

Related terms

• robo-signer
• robocall