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Side-subscribe, v. [Sid(e n. 4 b and Subscrive v. Cf. the later Sc. side-sign (1708 in OED).] tr. To sign (one's name) at the side of a page in a document. — 1679 Fountainhall Decis. I 54.
A writ consisting of more sheets than one was quarrelled as null, because not side-subscribed 1679 Fountainhall Decis. I 54.
The party user offered to get it side-subscribed: upon which the lords allowed him to do it
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