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One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

See Prothonotary.

A chief notary or clerk. " My private prothonotary." Herrick.

Office of a prothonotary.

Same as Prothonotary.

ormalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

es of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

ars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item. A notary made an entry of this act. Bacon.

a notary or scrivener. Bowvier.

A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

riting materials. "With a writer's inkhorn by his side." Ezek. ix. 2. From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow.

A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.

Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

tance or the nonpayment of the bill or note, as the case may be. This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix. Kent. Story.

riter for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.

A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.

One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary.