Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Suivent les signatures.
English translation:
Signed (below)
French term
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24 years of experience in many countries
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
Suivent les signatures.
It's the translation of an Algerian Birth Certificate.
| 4 +3 | Signed (below) |
B D Finch
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| 4 | the following signatures/the signatures below |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 4 -1 | hereafter (ou hereinafter) undersigned by |
Michèle Voyer
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| 2 | Here follow the signatures |
mohanv
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Proposed translations
Signed (below)
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Simple and safe. One of those situations where the French actually puts something where English would probably not have anything at all!
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Thanks Nikki
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accuratewords
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Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
the following signatures/the signatures below
Here follow the signatures
Suivent les signatures du président et du secrétaire, munies du
sceau du Tribunal régional de Sofia et dûment légalisées par le minis-
tère de la Justice et par le ministère des Affaires étrangères et
des Cultes
Here follow the signatures of the President and Secretary accom-
panied by the seal of the Regional Court of Sofia, duly legalized by
the Ministry of Justice and by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and
Public Worship
Switzerland
law & international affairs background
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) , English
Works in: English to French
hereafter (ou hereinafter) undersigned by
hereinafter signed by,
ou undersigned by
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B D Finch
: I don't believe that there is such a verb as "to undersign". Certainly not in Collins. It is not a verb (common or rare) and the granddictionnaire does not list it as a verb. "Undersigned" is a noun or an adjective.
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Sorry but this is a very common legal word, if you try Google you will come up with hundreds of examples, it means signing at the bottom of the document.for eg : http://www.granddictionnaire.com/BTML/FRA/r_Motclef/index102...
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Discussion
1) an original birth certificate issued by the official custodian of birth records in the country of birth (Algeria)
2) secondary evidence of birth such as a baptismal certificate that contains the date and place of birth, parents' names, etc.