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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I was amazed to find this one in a law school outline…
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That is alarming. A version of this was submitted last summer:
Commentary by davidsmith , 2005/08/02 at 6:18 pm
‘’Noter republic’’ instead of ‘’Notary public’’
But yours gets a whopping 877 Google hits compared to only 14 for “Noter republic” and 6 for “noter public.”
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There was a Three Stooges episode from the 30s or 40s where they were looking at a map and among the silly country names was the Noter Republic!
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Here are some citations found with Google Book Search:
“The independent party may have to be authorized to confirm created purchasing power with a licenses (sic) similar a (sic) notary republic.”—from “Theory Of Conversion Rights” by Paul L. Atwood, page 34.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1 … jzLy8xtVRg
”...witnessed by Jerome Weiss, Notary Republic of the State of New York….”—from “Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa” by Alex Kershaw, page 275.
“Optional Notarization
Sworn and subscribed to before me the _ day of _, 19__.
Notary Republic (seal)”—from a sample Durable Power of Attorney form, in “The Blueprints of Infection” by Education Development Center, page 48.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 … KcK9JHZl5c
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Oops! I forgot the link for the second citation:
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