Subject: Re: Help with signatures From: James Bohler Date: May 27, 1999 I was told at the first courthouse that I was researching in, by the Probate Judge that the LS after the signature meant legal signature. He said that the person had signed his on name and this was not found after the ones where the person had made his mark and someone else had written the signature for him/her. Thanks, Jan Steven Coker wrote: Lee Adair wrote: > > ... a number of them were followed by the letters L.S. .... > > L.S. or l.s. stands for "locus sigilli" and probably means place of the seal. > > locus, loci > place, location, situation, spot, seat, rank, position, point, region, ... > > sigillum, sigilli > seal, sign, statuette, embossed figure, relief, from signet ring, ... > > signum, signi > seal, indication, sign, mark, token, signal, proof, image, statue, ... > > See: > http://www.scroots.org/terms.html > http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.pl > http://www.geocities.com/~stilicho/abbreviations.html > http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/ftp/pub/history/Europe/Medieval/aids/latwords.html > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |