cum nota
cum nota (k[schwa]m noh-t[schwa]). [Latin] Scots law. With a distinguishing mark. • The phrase appeared in reference to otherwise inadmissible testimony that a judge could allow after considering the testimony’s merit or believability.
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adnotatio
adnotatio (ad-noh-tay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. A note written in the margin of a document; esp., the reply of the emperor in his own hand to a petition addressed to him. Pl. adnotationes (ad-noh-tay-shee-oh-neez). See RESCRIPT(3).
notary seal
notary seal. 1. The imprint or embossment made by a notary public’s seal. [Cases: Notaries 8. C.J.S. Notaries § 8.] 2. A device, usu. a stamp or embosser, that makes an imprint on a notarized document. — Also termed notarial seal. embossed seal. 1. A notary seal that is impressed onto a document, raising the
notary’s certificate
notary’s certificate. A notary’s signed and sealed or stamped statement attesting to the time and place that the specified acts and documents were authenticated.
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paraph
paraph (par-[schwa]f), n. 1. Hist. A flourish that follows a signature, intended as a safeguard against forgery. 2. Civil law. A signature itself; esp., a notary public’s signature on a document, followed by the date, names of the parties, and seal. paraph (par-[schwa]f), vb. Civil law. To add a paraph to (paraphed the contract).
acte
acte (akt), n. [French] French law. 1. An instrument; a proof in writing, such as a deed, bill of sale, or birth cer-tificate. acte authentique (akt oh-tawn-teek). A deed executed with certain prescribed formalities, in the presence of a notary or other official. acte de décès (akt d[schwa] day-say). A death certificate. acte de francisation
authentication
authentication, n. 1. Broadly, the act of proving that something (as a document) is true or genuine, esp. so that it may be admitted as evidence; the condition of being so proved (authentication of the handwriting). [Cases: Criminal Law 444; Evidence 366–381.] 2. Specif., the assent to or adoption of a writing as one’s own.
marchet
marchet (mahr-chet). Hist. A fee paid by a feudal tenant to the lord so that the tenant’s daughter could marry someone outside the lord’s jurisdiction or so that the lord would waive the droit du seigneur. — Also termed marcheta; marchetum; merchet; mercheta; merchetum; maiden rent. See DROIT DU SEIGNEUR. “Any service which stamps the
protection
protection, n. 1. The act of protecting. 2. PROTECTIONISM. 3. COVERAGE(1). 4. A document given by a notary public to sailors and other persons who travel abroad, certifying that the bearer is a U.S. citizen. — protect, vb.
digital certificate
digital certificate. A publicly available computer-based record that identifies the certifying authority and the subscriber who was issued a digital signature for electronically transmitted documents and that also provides the person’s public key for decrypting the digital signature. • Subscribers register with certification authorities to obtain digital signatures. Certificates may include additional information, including issuance
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