NOTARY PUBLIC
\nˈə͡ʊtəɹi pˈʌblɪk], \nˈəʊtəɹi pˈʌblɪk], \n_ˈəʊ_t_ə_ɹ_i p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of NOTARY PUBLIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
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someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
By Princeton University
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someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A licensed public officer who administers oaths, certifies documents and performs other specified functions. A notary public's signature and seal is required to authenticate the signatures on many legal documents.
By Oddity Software
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A public officer whose function is to attest and certify, by his hand and official seal, certain classes of documents, in order to give them credit and authenticity in foreign jurisdictions; to take acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, and certify the same; and to perform certain official acts, chiefly in commercial matters, such as the protesting of notes and bills, the noting of foreign drafts, and marine protests in cases of loss or damage. See Kirk- sey v. Bates, 7 Port. (Ala.) 531, 31 Am. Dec. 722; First Nat. Bank v. German Bank, 107 Iowa, 543, 78 N. W. 195, 44 L. R. A. 133, 70 Am. St. Rep. 216; In re Huron, 58 Kan. 152, 48 Pac. 574, 36 L. R. A. 822, 62 Am. St. Rep. 614; Bettman v. Warwick, 108 Fed. 46, 47 C. C. A. 185.
By Henry Campbell Black
