Notary Definition

nōtə-rē
notaries
noun
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Notary public.

Webster's New World

(law, chiefly civil law) A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on clients' behalf.

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(common law) A notary public, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.
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(law, Canada, US) A lay notary public, who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

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Other Word Forms of Notary

Noun

Singular:
notary
Plural:
notaries

Origin of Notary

  • Middle English notarie from Old French notaire, notarie from Latin notārius relating to shorthand, shorthand writer from nota mark note

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French notarie (French: notaire), from Latin notarius.

    From Wiktionary

Notary Sentence Examples

  • At the age of twelve he became clerk to a notary, and was afterwards apprenticed to a druggist.

  • He was the son of a notary, and became an avocat at the parlement of Rouen.

  • In 1809 he returned to England, where he was at first imprisoned but soon released; and he became a notary in London.

  • Once both parties have signed the documents, a notary republic must sign and stamp the document.

  • At fifteen Christine married Etienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary.

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