countersign vs invalidate

countersign

noun
  • A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person. 

  • The response to a sign or signal. 

verb
  • To sign on the opposite side of (a document). 

  • To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person. 

invalidate

verb
  • To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law. 

  • To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove. 

  • To render invalid; discredit. 

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