Unauthorized mortgage is a kind of the action of enacting the mortgage on other peoples property, which includes the actions of signing contract and performing contract.

无权抵押是无权处分人以他人财产设定抵押的行为，该行为分为签订抵押合同的行为和履行抵押合同的行为。

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She's hesitant about signing the contract.

她对是否签这个合同还犹豫不决。

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Nothing comes to mind right now, but I'd like to go over all the articles of the contract once more before signing it.

目前还没想出什么，但是我想在签合同之前把所有的条款再检查一遍。

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Milton makes a covenant with the reader. It's as if he's signing a contract because he's asking for credit here.

他与读者签了契约，就好像,因为他要借款所以签了份合同一样。

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