undersigned

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the person or people whose signatures appear at the end of a document

   We, the undersigned, request an independent review of the decision.

2. 2
   adj

   having signed the document below or identified by a signature at its end

   The undersigned witnesses confirm that the statement is accurate.

Formed from under + signed, because the relevant name and signature are written beneath the body of a document. The past-participial adjective became a noun in the phrase the undersigned, referring collectively or individually to those signers.

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