notary

noun
🔊/ˈnəʊtəri/
🔊/ˈnəʊtəri/
(plural notaries)
(also notary public
(plural notaries public)
)
(law法律)
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  1. a person, especially a lawyer, with official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make this document legally acceptable公证人Topics Law and justicec2
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘clerk or secretary’): from Latin notarius ‘secretary’, from nota ‘mark’.