Notary vs. Scribe

Notarynoun

A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on his or her clients' behalf.

Notarynoun

(common law) A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.

Notarynoun

A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

Notarynoun

One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

Notarynoun

A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.

Notarynoun

someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

Notary

A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems.The Worshipful Company of Scriveners use an old English term for a notary, and are an association of notaries practising in central London since 1373.

Scribenoun

Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

Scribenoun

A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.W

Scribenoun

(archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

Scribenoun

A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.

Scribenoun

(in particular) A journalist.

Scribeverb

To write.

Scribeverb

To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

Scribeverb

To record.

Scribeverb

To write or draw with a scribe.

Scribeverb

(carpentry) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

Scribeverb

To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Scribenoun

One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.

Scribenoun

A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

Scribeverb

To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

Scribeverb

To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; - so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

Scribeverb

To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Scribeverb

To make a mark.

Scribenoun

French playwright (1791-1861)

Scribenoun

informal terms for journalists

Scribenoun

someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Scribenoun

a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut

Scribeverb

score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

Scribe

A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its prominence and status with the advent of the printing press. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as secretarial and administrative duties such as the taking of dictation and keeping of business, judicial, and historical records for kings, nobles, temples, and cities.