certificate of authority. 1. A document authenticating a notarized document that is being sent to another juris-diction. • The certificate assures the out-of-state or foreign recipient that the notary public has a valid commission. — Also termed certificate of capacity; certificate of official character; certificate of authentication; certificate of prothonotary; certificate of magistracy; apostille; verification. […]
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ne varietur (nee vair-ee-ee-t[schwa]r), n. [Latin “it must not be altered”] A notation of identity that a person, usu. a notary, places on documents or translations of documents. • In Louisiana, this notation is typically placed on a collateral mortgage note to bind and identify the note with the collateral mortgage.
Civil law. A signature made on a document (such as a will) that has not been witnessed or notarized. [Cases: Wills 149. C.J.S. Wills § 338.]
public writing. 1. The written acts or records of a government (or its constituent units) that are not constitutionally or statutorily protected from disclosure. • Laws and judicial records, for example, are public writings. A private writing that becomes part of a public record may be a public writing in some circumstances. 2. Rare. A