(legal, 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.
It was truly crazy to have to go to all of these voters - with a notary - and say, "Hey, Joe Morelle thinks that wasn't actually you who signed." rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/the-morell...
A notary would be there to attest that the draw was legitimate, i.e. there was no manipulation. Here in Germany that's pretty much standard for all lotteries.
(legal, 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.
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NC has passed permanent REN legislation, but final rules and platforms are still pending. No notary is authorized yet—Farr & Near remains compliance-first. Want to discuss the road ahead? Join our talk tomorrow, May…
(legal, especially, _, civil law) 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.
Originally an official of the medieval European ecclesiastical courts, the notary developed into a noncontentious secular legal professional in France. In England, partly because the canon and secular laws were not on speaking terms, "th…
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(common law) A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.
"notary" means: A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.. This is technical or formal vocabulary, more likely to appear in school work, news or a particular profession than in peer chat. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your child uses the term, it is usually a sign of curiosity about a subject area. A short follow-up question about where they came across it is usually all that is needed.
"notary" means: A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.. Register: formal or technical English, standard in its specialist domain (law, medicine, science, finance, etc.). Gloss the term with a plain synonym when writing for a general audience. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“It was truly crazy to have to go to all of these voters - with a notary - and say, "Hey, Joe Morelle thinks that wasn't actually you who signed." rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/the-morell...”
“A notary would be there to attest that the draw was legitimate, i.e. there was no manipulation. Here in Germany that's pretty much standard for all lotteries.”
“NC has passed permanent REN legislation, but final rules and platforms are still pending. No notary is authorized yet—Farr & Near remains compliance-first. Want to discuss the road ahead? Join our talk tomorrow, May 7, 7PM ET: teams.live.com/meet/9348784...”
“Our FREE Notary Clinics will be on the South Shore this FRIDAY (FRI-YAY?)! We still have time slots available in Lunenburg!”
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