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sent for signature

A contract or other document is in the sent-for-signature status when it has been sent to the person or people whose signatures are required and is awaiting those signatures.

In plain English

It shows the document has already been sent to the people who must sign it. The required signatures are still outstanding.

In context

Here, it reports that the document has been sent to the required signers and is still waiting for their signatures.

Situation
Reading agreement sections, parties, dates, signatures, and execution status
What it communicates
reports that the document has been routed to signers.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not identify which required signers have or have not signed yet.

Examples

“The lease has been sent for signature, but it is not signed yet.”

Core meaning

“Once the waiver was sent for signature, the clinic waited for the parents to sign.”

In context