HyperDic: notary_public

English > 1 sense of the expression *notary public*:
NOUN	person	notary public, notary	someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

English > *notary public*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions.
Synonym	notary
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	official, functionary	A worker who holds or is invested with an office
Spanish	escribana, escribano, notaria, notario
Catalan	notari