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Notary

Notary Meaning & Definition
Notary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Notary?

[n] someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

Synonyms | Synonyms for Notary: notary public

Related Terms | Find terms related to Notary: accountant | amanuensis | approver | archivist | bookkeeper | certifier | clerk | confirmer | cosignatory | cosigner | documentalist | endorser | engraver | filing clerk | guarantor | insurer | librarian | marker | notary public | party | prothonotary | ratifier | record clerk | recorder | recordist | register | registrar | scorekeeper | scorer | scribe | scrivener | secretary | signatory | stenographer | stonecutter | subscriber | timekeeper | underwriter | upholder

See Also | functionary | official

Notary In Webster's Dictionary

\No"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Notaries}. [F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th {Note}.] 1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body. 2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a {notary public}.

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