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Someone who put their name on the dotted line, then prayed everyone else would too.
means A person, organization, or country that has officially signed a treaty, contract, or agreement, binding them to its terms.
from From Latin signare, 'to mark or seal,' itself from signum, 'a mark, sign, or token.' The word traveled through 'signature' before branching into 'signatory' to name not the mark itself but the one who makes it — the signer bound by their own hand.
- legal weight
- turns a promise into an obligation with consequences
- not just signer
- implies party to a formal agreement, not a cheque
- plural power
- treaties fail or hold on how many show up
- famous flex
- 196 nations signed the Paris Agreement, compliance optional apparently