Category: Smart docs

What is contract metadata and how it works

Contract metadata is the structured data about a contract — parties, dates, values, obligations — not the contract text itself. It’s what turns a pile of PDFs into a searchable, manageable system. The 9 types of …

Forging a signature: meaning, penalties and how to spot it

Forging a signature means signing someone else’s name, or copying their signature, without their authority so that others accept it as genuine. It is a crime in the US, the UK and Germany, with maximum sentences …

Authorized signatory: who can sign for a company

An authorized signatory is a person with the legal power to sign documents and bind a company. This guide covers where that authority comes from (law, bylaws, board resolutions, delegation policies, Prokura), how to …