notary
notary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- adviser
- advocate
- amanuensis
- annalist
- antiquary
- antiquity
- assistant
- association
- attorney
- babu
- banco
- bar
- barrister
- beagle
- bencher
- biographer
- bookkeeper
- call
- chronicler
- civilian
- clerk
- consult
- conveyancer
- counsel
- court
- cursitor
- custos
- draftsman
- equity
- esquire
- forensic
- gentleman
- give
- gown
- historian
- historiographer
- inner
- interviewer
- journalist
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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