NOTARY PUBLIC


Meaning of NOTARY PUBLIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnō-tə-rē- ]

noun

( plural notaries public or notary publics )

Etymology: Middle English notary clerk, notary public, from Latin notarius clerk, secretary, from notarius of shorthand, from nota note, shorthand character

Date: 15th century

: a public officer who attests or certifies writings (as a deed) to make them authentic and takes affidavits, depositions, and protests of negotiable paper — called also notary

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