notaire

plural notaires

1. lawA French official which attests and certifies certain legal documents; a notary.

   I was so disgusted that I asked the notaire to draw up papers to transfer the property.

   1999, Richard Olney, Reflexions, page 85

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   Article L243-2 of the insurance code states that in all conveyance deeds for a property less than 10 years old, the notaire has the duty to indicate references to the insurance.

   2007 August 1, Kerry Schrader, editor, French Law for Property Buyers, page 3

   The notaire would not, of course, close the deal unless another €11,000 was forthcoming.

   2008, Hubert Franz-Josef Bromma, How to Invest in Offshore Real Estate and Pay Little or No Taxes, page 16