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See Perillo, supra note 3, at 50-53; Fuller, supra note 4, at 801-802; Jhering, supra note 5, at 494-97 (analogizing the form of a legal transaction to minting of coins, which serves to make their metal content and weight apparent without further examination). The notion of clarity and finality provided by a form are largely predicated on the fact that the form provides good evidence. The basic premise of the efficiency and logistical function is that a signed, written document is such a good indicator of what the transaction is, that the transaction should be considered to be as the signed document says. The moment of signing the document thus becomes decisive.