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notary public

/ˈnəʊtəɹi ˈpʌblɪk/

notary public noun: an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

Noun

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

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

notary public meaning in Tamil and Malay

notary public in Tamil

சான்றுறுதி அலுவலர், சான்றுறுதி வழங்கும் வழக்குரைஞர், சான்றுறுத் அலுவலர்

notary public in Malay

officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations
notari awam

Forms of notary public

pluralnotaries public
plural (rare)notaries publics

Origin of notary public

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.

Questions about notary public

What does notary public mean?
Notary public means an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
What is notary public in Tamil?
Notary public in Tamil is சான்றுறுதி அலுவலர், சான்றுறுதி வழங்கும் வழக்குரைஞர், சான்றுறுத் அலுவலர். See Notary public meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is notary public?
Notary public is a noun.
How do you pronounce notary public?
Notary public is pronounced /ˈnəʊtəɹi ˈpʌblɪk/.
What is the plural of notary public?
The plural of notary public is notaries public.

Words near notary public in the dictionary

  1. notarizes
  2. notarizing
  3. Notaro
  4. Notaros
  5. notary
  6. notary public
  7. notary-at-law
  8. notaryship
  9. notaryships
  10. notaspidean
  11. notaspideans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: notary public (page history and authors); notary public (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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