Editing Signature (section)

===Mark in lieu of signature <span class="anchor" id="Signature (mark)"></span>===
[[File:India 1952 2r stamped paper.jpg|thumb|Fingerprints may be used instead of signatures where the signer is illiterate, such as this Indian legal document from 1952]]
In some jurisdictions, an illiterate signatory can make a "mark" (often an "X" but occasionally a personalized symbol) on legal documents, so long as the document is countersigned by a literate witness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Horton v. Murden, 117 Ga. 72 |url=https://cite.case.law/ga/117/72/ |website=Caselaw Access Project |publisher=Harvard Law School |access-date=10 October 2022 |date=1903}}</ref> In some countries, illiterate people place a thumbprint on legal documents in lieu of a written signature.