What is the difference between attesting and subscribing to a will?

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The concept of attesting and subscribing affects any time a witness or notary sign a legal document of any type not just wills. The witness attests when he acknowledges that he saw the signature being made by the testator and can say that he saw the testator make his signature or mark. A witness subscribes when he signs his own signature below or following the testator’s signature. Subscribing is often a form of swearing under penalty.

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a. ask her doctor to come to the interview. b. have every document translated into Braille. c. use extra large type. d. ask her to bring a reader.

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