notary public

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtəɹi ˈpʌblɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

notary public (plural notaries public or (rare) notaries publics)

1. (law) An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

Related terms

• commissioner of oaths
• civil law notary
• Latin notary
• notary-at-law

Translations

officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: notari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公證人／公证人 (zh) (gōngzhèngrén), 公證員／公证员 (gōngzhèngyuán)

• Finnish: julkinen notaari
• French: notaire (fr) m
• German: Notar (de) m
• Greek: συμβολαιογράφος (el) m or f (symvolaiográfos)

  Ancient: συμβολαιογράφος m (sumbolaiográphos)

• Hungarian: közjegyző (hu)
• Irish: nótaire poiblí m
• Italian: notaio (it)
• Japanese: 公証人 (ja) (こうしょうにん, kōshōnin)
• Latin: notarius m, tabelliō m
• Macedonian: но́тар m (nótar)
• Norman: notaithe m
• Portuguese: notário (pt) m, tabelião (pt) m
• Russian: нота́риус (ru) m (notárius)
• Spanish: notario (es) m, fedatario m
• Swedish: notarius publicus (sv) c
• Turkish: noter (tr)

Further reading

• notary public on Wikipedia.Wikipedia