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Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists.The Christian religion, though it prohibits swearing, excepts oaths required by legal authority (Art. Ch. of Engl. xxxix.). All who believe in a God, the avenger of falsehood, have always been admitted to give evidence, but the old rule was, that all witnesses must take an oath of some kind. Very gradually, however, the legislature has relaxed this rule, and the privilege of affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which--Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as the ground of such objection, either that he has no religious belief, or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief, shall be permitted to make his solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath in all places and for all purpose...
Ordinary
Ordinary, a judge who has authority to take cog-nizance of causes in his own right, and not by deputation or delegation, Civ. Law. See NOTARY.By the Common Law, one who has exempt and immediate jurisdiction in causes ecclesiastical.Also, a bishop: and an archbishop is the ordinary of the whole province, to visit and receive appeals from inferior jurisdictions. Also, a commissary or official of a bishop or other ecclesiastical judge having judicial power; an archdeacon; officer of the royal household....
Pronotary
Pronotary, first notary. See PROTHONOTARIES....
Registrarius
Registrarius, a notary or registrar....
Signet
Signet, a seal commonly used for the sign-manual of the sovereign. See PRIVY SEAL.An elaborate hand-drawn symbol (usu. incorporat-ing a cross and notary's initials) formerly placed at base of notarial instrument, later replaced by a seal, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1387.In Scotland, before the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act, 1933, was passed, the 'will,' an essential part of a summons before the Court of Session, was required to be signed by a Writer to the Signet (q.v.). the summons must be sealed at the Signet Office before service, or founding action.[Latin, is he has signified]...
Tabularius
Tabularius, a notary, Civ. Law....
Counter-deed
Counter-deed, a secret writing, either before a notary or under a privte seal, which destroys, invalidates, or alters a public one...
Actuarius
Actuarius, a notary...
Authentic Act
Authentic Act, that which has been executed before a notary or other public officer, duly authorized, or which is testified by a public seal, or has been rendered public by the authority of a competent magistrate, or which is certified as being a copy of a public register, Civil Law....
notarize
notarize -rized -riz·ing : to acknowledge or attest as notary public [ a document] ...
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