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Definition of: notary
(nō′tə·rē) noun plural ·ries
1. An officer empowered to authenticate contracts, administer oaths, take depositions, etc.: also notary public.
2. Formerly, a scrivener, or one who drew up legal papers. [<AF notarie, OF notaire <L notarius a shorthand writer, a clerk <notare. See NOTABLE.]
—no·tar·i·al (nō·târ′ē·əl) adjective
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