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la firma del servidor es la autorizada

English translation: the official´s signature is valid/as authorization

23:15 Aug 14, 2019
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Law/Patents - Law (general)
Spanish term or phrase: la firma del servidor es la autorizada
The above sentence appears on a stamp affixed on the back of an Ecuadorian birth certificate:

COORDINACION ZONAL 4 DE REGISTRO CIVIL, INDENTIFICACION Y CEDULACION
LA FIRMA DEL SERVIDOR ES LA AUTORIZADA: [illegible signature]
FECHA: 05/05/2019
[illegible signature]
Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 05:26
English translation:the official´s signature is valid/as authorization
Explanation:
Del servidor público, empleado público, oficial en servicio, oficial del registro civil.

¨Servidor¨ is in reference to the person/official/public officer/registar officer who signs and authorizes the document.
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 04:26
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3 +2the official´s signature is valid/as authorization
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
3The public employee's signature is as authenticated / authorized
Adrian MM.


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the official´s signature is valid/as authorization


Explanation:
Del servidor público, empleado público, oficial en servicio, oficial del registro civil.

¨Servidor¨ is in reference to the person/official/public officer/registar officer who signs and authorizes the document.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 04:26
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PRO pts in category: 57
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agree  José Huarancca: I concur with Juan
8 mins
  -> Gracias José Antonio
agree  William Parucki: I agree
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  -> Gracias William!
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1 day 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The public employee's signature is as authenticated / authorized


Explanation:
Following Wordwatcher's practical points, assuming the illegible signaure at the bottom is that of the attestating officer or authenticator, I -as an erstwhile Commissioner for Oafs (!) or Oaths - have devised a wording to reflect in part the ambiguity.

If translated as 'the authenticated and/or authorised one', that would imply that the one 'below-written' is possibly neither.

In the UK (spelling authorised), to reflect Christian's point as a discussion (Scots law) 'intrant', it would not be amiss to call the servidor 'His Humble Servant'. Indeed, when I first came on to the study of UK commercial law almost half a century ago, employment including agency had been known as 'the law of master (or mistress as the case may be) and servant.'


Example sentence(s):
  • These signatures are for all Registrar-related forms and documents

    Reference: http://www.purdue.edu/registrar/faculty/signature/index.html
Adrian MM.
Austria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 574
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