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  2. Notarial act - Wikipedia

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    Notariate appeared in France as early as the xi, the oldest acts are in the local language or Latin and require good paleography skills to decipher them. [6] As a result of the Revolution, notarial offices were no longer inheritable. [7] [8] Royal, apostolic and lord notaries are abolished in favor of public notaries. The Act of 25 January XI ...

  3. Acknowledgment (law) - Wikipedia

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    Acknowledgment involves a public official, frequently a notary public. The party executing the legal instrument orally declares that the instrument is his or her act or deed, and the official prepares a certificate attesting to the declaration. [1] Acknowledgments are distinct from jurats, verifications, and attestations. A jurat differs from ...

  4. Sworn declaration - Wikipedia

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    A sworn declaration (also called a sworn statement or a statement under penalty of perjury) is a document that recites facts pertinent to a legal proceeding.It is very similar to an affidavit but is not witnessed and sealed by an official such as a notary public.

  5. Notary public (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a notary public is a person appointed by a state government, e.g., the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, or in some cases the state legislature, and whose primary role is to serve the public as an impartial witness when important documents are signed. Since the notary is a state officer, a notary's duties ...

  6. Notary public - Wikipedia

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    An embossed foil Notary Seal from the State of New York. A notary public (a.k.a. notary or public notary; pl. notaries public) of the common law is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with general financial transactions, estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business.

  7. Public instrument - Wikipedia

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    Under these legal systems, to be received as a public instrument, a document must be subjected to a number of conditions. These include: Execution before two or more witnesses, or before an authorized civil-law notary or public officer; Testified by a public seal; Rendered public by the authority of a competent judicial officer

  8. Affidavit - Wikipedia

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    Vasil Levski's affidavit, 16 June 1872, Bucharest, Romania. An affidavit (/ ˌ æ f ɪ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ t / ⓘ AF-ih-DAY-vit; Medieval Latin for "he has declared under oath") is a written statement voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation which is administered by a person who is authorized to do so by law.

  9. Power of attorney - Wikipedia

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    Creation of the power of attorney must be witnessed, e.g. countersigned by a public notary. Notarial witnessing is mandatory if the power of attorney is made in order to enter into a contract to buy or sell an interest in land, as this has to be done on a public register. [30]