Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

  2. (common)A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.

    Coordinate term: commissioner of oaths

  3. (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.

    Notar, Notarin

    нота́риусnotárius

    нота́ріусnotárius

More definitions
  • someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

Examples

17 sentences
  1. I'm a notary.

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  2. Tom is a notary.

    Том — нотаріус.

    ruТом — нотариус.

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  3. We met at the notary's office.

    ruМы встретились в приёмной нотариуса.

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  4. I'm the first in line to see the notary.

    ruВ очереди к нотариусу я первая.

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  5. The sealed documents can be found at the notary.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Origin

From Middle English notarie, from Old French notarie (French notaire), from Latin notārius

From Middle English notarie, from Old French notarie (French notaire), from Latin notārius.

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Forms

plural: notaries
Singularnotary
Pluralnotaries

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions:notary public

Word family

7 related words

See also

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