Search results for: “notary”
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Ab actis
(Lat. actus, an act). A notary; one who takes down words as they are spoken; a name anciently applied to the chancellor. Du Cange, Acta; Spelman, voc. Cancellarius. See Chancellor. A reporter who took down the decisions or acta of the court as they were given. …
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Ab actis
(Lat. actus, an act). A notary; one who takes down words as they are spoken; a name anciently applied to the chancellor. Du Cange, Acta; Spelman, voc. Cancellarius. See Chancellor. A reporter who took down the decisions or acta of the court as they were given. …
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Clerk
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clerk Meaning of Clerk (Latin Clericus) Originally the term meant a man of letters, a learned man, hence the reference to a member of the clergy as a clerk. However, in modern times, the term has a wide […]
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Venue
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Venue Meaning of Venue The county, the city or the town where an action or presecution is brought for trial. Originally, the term indicated only the locality of the crime, that is, where the crime took […]
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Attest
To witness any act or event, such as, e.g., the signature or execution of a document, e.g., a will (q.v.)…
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Guarentigio
In Spanish law. A term applicable to the contract or writing by which courts of justice are empowered to execute and carry into effect a contract in the same manner as if it were decreed by the court after the usual legal formalities. This clause, though formerly inserted in contracts of sale, […]
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Escrow
A writing , such as a deed or a release , sealed and delivered to a third party , i.e., a person not a party to the instrument , to be held by such third party until the fulfilment of certain conditions and then to be delivered by him to the other party to take…
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Witness
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Witness Meaning of Witness One whose statements and declarations under oath are received as evidence for some purpose, whether such statements or declarations are made on oral examination or by deposition […]
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Witness
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Witness Meaning of Witness One whose statements and declarations under oath are received as evidence for some purpose, whether such statements or declarations are made on oral examination or by deposition […]
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Coercion
The term involves threats or force or intimidation . People v Waters, 268 N. Y.S. 2d 203, 49 Misc.2d 566.
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Act Of Honor
An instrument drawn up by a notary public, after protest of a bill of exchange, when a third party is desirous of paying or accepting the bill for the honor of any or all of the parties to it. …
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Act Of Honor
An instrument drawn up by a notary public, after protest of a bill of exchange, when a third party is desirous of paying or accepting the bill for the honor of any or all of the parties to it. …
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Testimony
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Testimony Meaning of Testimony In technical sense, the term denotes evidence given orally under oath or by means of affidavits or depositions in a court or judicial proceeding . However, the term has […]
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Testimony
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Testimony Meaning of Testimony In technical sense, the term denotes evidence given orally under oath or by means of affidavits or depositions in a court or judicial proceeding . However, the term has […]