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An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: notary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
Anglo-Norman/Law French, on model of notaire publique, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun, instead of idiomatic English *public notary. Compare attorney general, court martial, fee simple, secretary general, surgeon general.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
нота́риус
(notárius)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Catalan:
notari
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Chinese Mandarin:
公證人 /公证人
(gōngzhèngrén)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Chinese Mandarin:
公證員 /公证员
(gōngzhèngyuán)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Finnish:
julkinen notaari
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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French:
notaire
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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German:
Notar
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Greek:
συμβολαιογράφος
(symvolaiográfos)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Ancient Greek:
συμβολαιογράφος
(sumbolaiográphos)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Hungarian:
közjegyző
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Irish:
nótaire poiblí
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Italian:
notaio
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Japanese:
公証人
(kōshōnin)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Latin:
notarius
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Latin:
tabelliō
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Macedonian:
но́тар
(nótar)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Malay:
notari awam
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Norman:
notaithe
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Portuguese:
notário
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Portuguese:
tabelião
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Russian:
нота́риус
(notárius)
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Spanish:
notario
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Spanish:
fedatario
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Swedish:
notarius publicus
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
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Turkish:
noter
— officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
