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“Written” and “in writing” are defined in Mass. General Laws, c. 4, § 7, clause 38, to “include printing, engraving, lithographing and any other mode of representing words and letters, but if the written signature of a person is required by law, it shall always be his own handwriting or, if he is unable to write, his mark.” This definition is looked upon as a rule for the construction of statutes, and it is interesting to note that the wording is copied exactly from two earlier codifications. We see this same wording in the General Statutes, c. 3, § 7, cl. 20 (1860) and the Revised Statutes, c. 2, § 6, cl. 19 (1836).
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