A signature made without actual, implied, or apparent authority. • It includes a forgery. UCC § 1-201(b)(41). [Cases: Banks and Banking 147; Bills and Notes 54, 279. Banks and Banking §§ 415–416; Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 26–30, 150–151.]
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unauthorized, adj. Done without authority; specif. (of a signature or indorsement), made without actual, implied, or apparent authority. UCC § 1-201(b)(41). [Cases: Principal and Agent 147–162. C.J.S. Agency §§ 110, 122, 166–173, 361–362, 372–377, 379–384, 389, 392, 395–404, 407, 410, 420, 422–431, 452–456, 458.]
signum (sig-n[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. A sign; a seal. “Signum. (On written documents.) A seal (a stamp) put on to close a document in order to make its contents inaccessible to unauthorized persons and protect against forgery, or at the end of it after the written text. In the latter case the seal
counterfeiter. A person who makes an unauthorized imitation of something (esp. a document, currency, or another’s signature) with the intent to deceive or defraud.