an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction
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
A notary or a notary public is a person, usually a lawyer, who has legal authority to witness the signing of documents in order to make them legally valid. .notary 'public notaries someone, especially a lawyer, who has the legal power to make a signed statement or document official. or notary public Public officer who certifies and attests to the authenticity of writings (e.g., deeds) and takes affidavits, depositions, and protests of negotiable instruments. The notary is commissioned by the state and may act only within the territory authorized by state statutes. Most states set maximum fees for notarial services and require that a notarial seal or stamp be impressed on documents authenticated by a notary public. In the civil-law countries of western Europe and in Latin American and French areas of North America, the role of the notary is more significant, being roughly equivalent to that of a lawyer who specializes in real estate, sales, mortgages, and the settlement of estates but who may not appear in court
A natural person authorized by an executive governmental agency to perform notarial services such as taking acknowledgments, administering oaths or affirmations, witnessing or attesting signatures, and noting protests of negotiable instruments In Japan, a natural person appointed and authorized by the Minister of legal Affairs to perform such duties as prescribed in the Notary Public Law
Also known as "notary public": a legal officer with specific judicial authority to attest to legal documents usually with an official seal Most countries do not have notaries vesting administrative legal authority in lawyers or court officers Jurisdictions which do have notaries include the Canadian provinces of Quebec and British Columbia and Australia
A state licensed public officer who administers oaths, certifies documents and performs other specified functions A notary public's signature and seal may be required to authenticate signatures on certain legal documents
A person who has been authorized by the courts to attest to the authenticity of documents and signatures, usually for a fee Sometimes referred to as a "notary "
A designation authorized by law and administered by the government, allowing a designated person to verify and certify signatures and copies of documents
A person recognised by law as having the ability to verify the signing of a deed, certify copies of documents, and witness documents from another country •Justices of the Peace
A law officer whose duty it is to attest deeds, to make authentic copies of documents, to make protests of bills, and to act as a legal witness of any formal act of public concern
A person (usually a lawyer) appointed by the provincial Lieutenant-Governor with the power of drawing and keeping Deeds and of attesting protests of dis honoured negotiable instruments This person is also a Commissioner of Oaths before whom affidavits are sworn
A public officer who is authorized to take acknowledgments to certain classes of documents such as deeds, contracts, and mortgages and before whom affidavits may be sworn
A public officer who executes acknowledgments of deeds or writings in order to render them available as evidence of the facts therein contained; administers oaths and affirmations as to the truth of statements contained in papers or documents requiring the administration of an oath
A person appointed by a state official to serve the public as a disinterested witness, to take acknowledgments, administer oaths and affirmations, and to perform such other acts as are allowed or required by law