notary
IPA: nˈoʊtɝi
noun
- (law, especially 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 his or her clients' behalf.
- (common law) A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.
- (law, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.
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Examples of "notary" in Sentences
- He was born the son of a notary.
- He is a lawyer and notary public.
- His father was the village notary.
- His business as a notary prospered.
- Authority of a Florida notary public.
- A digital notary service, if you will.
- Bertrand qualified as a notary in 1849.
- It is the document produced by a notary public.
- He was later adjunct and notary of the legal faculty.
- He acts as notary in the consistories and directs the office of the chancery.
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