Signing on someone's else behalf

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#29171 Thu, 06 May 04 12:18 PM

hello

If I am authorised to sign a letter on someone else's behalf what do I write?

(after my signature and before their name?)

it should be some sort of abbreviation, something like p.s.

can anyone help??

Guest

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Timbo

#29416 Sun, 09 May 04 03:22 PM

Hi Guest,

The accepted practice (check your company policy) is to have the name of the person as usual. Sign the letter, then you write a small handwritten 'for' next to the undersigned (left side). This indicates that you have signed on there behalf.

Be aware of what you are signing for, and if you are authorised to do so. It is important to find out your company policy on this matter, as any official correspondence is legally binding and therefore has certain ramifications if signed for, particularly on the behalf of others. Caveat emptor…

Hope this helps,

Tim

Timbo

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Guest

#29476 Mon, 10 May 04 11:30 AM

Thank you Tim, this was not a question for moral issues that might arise but I was just wondering about the expression in particular. There has to be an expression because I saw that on a multiple choice

And the question went on like that

You are authorised to sign a leter on someone else's behalf. After your signature, but before their name, you would add:

p.p.
p.p.
p.q
p.s. ( obvioysly not p.s.)

so is this a latin abbreviation I miss? Cant find it on the internet though....

Thank you in advance

Guest

Expressions, Abbreviations

Timbo

#29481 Mon, 10 May 04 01:18 PM

Dear Guest,

I am sorry if I went a little further than intended; it was not clear from the question that it was in a multiple choice question. However, it is a legal issue which I felt was necessary to mention, given that this is a public forum and some make take answers to be complete and not consider the ramifications.

p.p. - This stands for the Latin «per pro» or «per procurationem». p.p. is used when someone signs a letter by authority or proxy because another person is not available.

Furher info at this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation

Hope this helps,

Tim

Timbo

Abbreviations

Guest

#29493 Mon, 10 May 04 03:16 PM

Tim thank you!

You are a gem!

couldn't find it on the internet but your link was exactly what I was looking for!!!

thanks once again!

Guest

Sumathi

#31838 Wed, 02 Jun 04 02:23 PM

I could't understand properley.

Sumathi

Joined on Tue, Jun 1 2004

Bangalore

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Guest

#34571 Fri, 25 Jun 04 09:54 AM

Hi,

Great stuff. I would like to know the exact format for this:-

Signature PP

Name of person write on behalf of

------------------------

Signature

PP Name of person write on behalf of
--------------------------

Or can you simply write after your signature "On the behalf of Mr John Smith"

Thank you!

Guest

#40666 Tue, 03 Aug 04 08:11 PM

No body answered the last question. How do you format your signature when sigining for somebody else?

pp after your signature or

pp before the name of person writ on behalf of?

Thanks!

Guest

#46410 Mon, 20 Sep 04 02:49 PM

pp goes in front of the name of the person on for whom you are signing. For example if you are Jonathan Sparks and are signing for your MD:

Sign: Johnathan Sparks
pp MANAGING DIRECTOR Timothy Indecall

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