Notary

A public of Bcer by or before whom various acts, chiefiy in mercantile matters, are required to be done, such as the protest of negotiable paper, marine protests in cases of loss, and the acknowledgment of certain instruments, and who certifies the same in writing, under his official seal. Note. A written promise by one person to another for the payment of money absolutely, and at all events; a memorandum; an informal writing made as a memorial of a thing or act v. Promissory 7iote. Note of protest: a memorandum of a protest made by a notary, preliminary to extending or drawing up the protest in form. Note or meinorandam: in the statute of frauds, imports an informal writing made on the spot.

In old English law

Note of a flue: one of the parts of a fine of lands, being an abstract of the writ of covenant, and the concord, naming the parties, the parcels of land and the agreement.