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From sign + manual, probably after Middle French signe manuel.

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Noun

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sign manual (plural signs manual)

  1. An authentic signature; (especially), the signature of a sovereign, used to validate a formal document. [from 15th c.]
    • 1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 124:
      We were undeceived by the King's sign manual for our embodying, which was issued May 10th 1760.