Getting a document assures the parties to an agreement that this document and no other is the authentic document which is intended to be given full force and effect.

• A. Not necessarily
• B. Only when signed in the presence of a notary
• C. True
• D. False

Answer: (C)

The essential idea is that the binding power of an agreement rests in the executed, original document—the exact instrument the parties signed and delivered. When a document is signed and intended to have full legal effect, that signed original is the authentic memorial of the agreement; other copies or drafts don’t carry the same weight unless they’re certified as true copies or specifically identified as the controlling version. In practice, a notary witnesses the signing and verifies identities, but authenticity ultimately hinges on the original instrument the parties meant to bind themselves to. So, yes—getting the document as executed is the authentic instrument intended to have full force.