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“Rubric” as meaning “signature” or “personal mark” — is this accepted usage?



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I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?



Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):




This is what we have seen.

Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.

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    I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?



    Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):




    This is what we have seen.

    Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.

    Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)











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      I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?



      Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):




      This is what we have seen.

      Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.

      Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)











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      I am reading a book about Spanish California, and the author uses the word "rubric" to mean, I think, "personal mark attesting to a document." I don't have access to the original manuscript documents, so I can't tell if this refers to a signature, an "X," or some other sort of mark. Any thoughts on this usage?



      Example from the end of a report (translated by the author from Spanish to English):




      This is what we have seen.

      Frontier of Santo Domingo, January 15, 1780.

      Joseph Velásquez (Rubric)








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          The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:




          In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.




          Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:




          It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.




          However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.






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            According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:




            A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.




            [history.stackexchange.com]



            I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:




            The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.




            Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
            PLOS One



            Or:




            A flourish after a signature; a paraph.




            From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary






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              The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:




              In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.




              Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:




              It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.




              However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.






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                The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:




                In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.




                Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:




                It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.




                However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.






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                  The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:




                  In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.




                  Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:




                  It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.




                  However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.






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                  The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition:




                  In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking contexts: a decorative flourish attached to a signature; (also) a mark used in place of a signature. Now chiefly hist.




                  Notably, it was used in Don Quixote:




                  It goes very well (quoth Sancho) subsigne it therefore I pray you. It needes no seale (quoth Don-Quixote) but onely my Rubricke [Sp. rúbrica], which is as valible as if it were subscribed; not only for three Asses, but also for three hundred.




                  However this sense of the word is not in Oxford’s general dictionary. It’s not a definition that the vast majority of people know.







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                      According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:




                      A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.




                      [history.stackexchange.com]



                      I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:




                      The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.




                      Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
                      PLOS One



                      Or:




                      A flourish after a signature; a paraph.




                      From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary






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                        According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:




                        A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.




                        [history.stackexchange.com]



                        I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:




                        The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.




                        Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
                        PLOS One



                        Or:




                        A flourish after a signature; a paraph.




                        From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary






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                          According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:




                          A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.




                          [history.stackexchange.com]



                          I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:




                          The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.




                          Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
                          PLOS One



                          Or:




                          A flourish after a signature; a paraph.




                          From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary






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                          According to this source, a rubric is the flourish or swash under a signature:




                          A rubric is a flourish embellishing a signature; it's both decorative and a security feature.




                          [history.stackexchange.com]



                          I'm not sure how credible that website is as a source, but this meaning seems to be confirmed by other references, for example:




                          The flourish or rubric in the occidental signatures is defined by a kind of doodle written much faster and without much attention.




                          Modeling the Lexical Morphology of Western Handwritten Signatures,
                          PLOS One



                          Or:




                          A flourish after a signature; a paraph.




                          From wordnik.com quoting the Century Dictionary







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