on document vs in document

Both "on document" and "in document" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "On document" is used when referring to something physically written or printed on a document, while "in document" is used when referring to something contained within a document.

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on document

This phrase is correct when referring to something physically written or printed on a document.

Use "on document" when you want to indicate that something is physically written or printed on a document.

Examples:

The signature on the document is not clear.
Please write your comments on the document.
There is a stamp on the document.

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These comments are based not only on document SEC(2009) 1094 final, but also on additional information supplied by Germany to the Commission at Parliament's request.
Enable XInclude processing on document input if libxml has such support enabled, by default this is on
The application of the continuity principle in relation to the Act on Document Duty was limited to such cases and not to other cases as mentioned above.
In the cases of mergers, there exists, according to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, no transfer of title for the purpose of the Act on Document Duty.
However, under the Act on Document Duty the starting point was that all transfer of titles between different entities release excise duty regardless of whether or not the new owner continues the same activity as the previous one.
Yet, only with effect from July 2005, approximately five years after the establishment of Entra, has the interpretation of the Act on Document Duty been changed so that the treatment of certain different situations has been aligned.
According to point 1.1 in the latter circulars, an exemption from stamp duty will not be granted unless there is a direct legal basis in the Act on Document Duty or by Parliamentary decisions [20].(i) Mergers
The new title holder is responsible for paying the duty, cf. Section 2-6 of Regulation on Document Duty, Ministry of Finance, 16 September 1975 and later amendments.
undertake to verify the particulars appearing on document of origin;
I think this would entail a common methodology, and we have to look at all the practical consequences of that on document identification and references.
The Commission's Decision of 18 March 1986 on document management(2) is repealed.
Moreover, the purpose of the main rule on document duties and registration fees is to tax real transfers between different economic entities.
For copiers with speed greater than 20 ipm, it may not be possible to match the number of required original images (i.e., due to limits on document feeder capacity).
Commission Decision 2002/47/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 23 January 2002 amending its Rules of Procedure (OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 23) annexing the provisions on document management.
However, the Authority stressed that this statement was without prejudice to the issue on document duties and registration fees.
Nevertheless, given the importance of this issue, I should like to stress that in our view there is nothing to stop Europol from acting straight away to adopt rules on document access that take Regulation No 1049/2001 into consideration, as suggested by the rapporteur.
The provisions on document management, the text of which is annexed to this Decision, are hereby added to the Commission's Rules of Procedure(1) as an annex.
Subject: Changing the methodology for setting targets to promote the use of energy from renewable sources based on document COM(2008)0019)
Congratulates the Commission on the adoption of its abovementioned Decision of 23 January 2002 establishing a code of conduct on document management, which could serve as a model for similar codes in the other institutions;
measures within the territory relating to the management of external borders and the necessary flanking measures on document security, identity management and the interoperability of acquired technical equipment;

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written on the document
printed on the document
noted on the document
marked on the document
inscribed on the document

in document

This phrase is correct when referring to something contained within a document.

Use "in document" when you want to indicate that something is contained within a document.