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Synonyms for notary

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noh-tuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ tə ri

Définition of notary

Origin :
  • c.1300, "clerk, secretary," from Old French notarie "scribe, clerk, secretary" (12c.) and directly from Latin notarius "shorthand writer, clerk, secretary," from notare, "to note," from nota "shorthand character, letter, note" (see note (v.)). Meaning "person authorized to attest contracts, etc." is from mid-14c.; especially in notary public (late 15c.), which has the French order of subject-adjective. Related: Notarial.
  • noun notary public
Example sentences :
  • Go, my darling; call upon the notary, and tell him to be quick about you know what.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • But you really understand these things like a banker or a notary.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • One does not tell these things in public either to the notary or to the priest.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • He also was gazing at the lighted window over in the notary's house.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • One fine morning he took her to a notary and made her sign a deed of sale.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • A notary, the wiseacre of the party, remarked that he was running to certain death.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • She recited, before the notary, the lesson which it had pleased her son to teach her.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Since it is you who go to the notary's, Martine, you are not ignorant that I have my income apart.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • In 1890 the Supreme Court decided that a woman could not act as notary public.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • In 1898 the Legislature provided that a woman could be a notary public.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

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