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PROTHON'OTARY, n. [Low L.protonotarius; Gr. first, and L. notarius, a scribe.] 1. Originally, the chief notary; and anciently, the title of the principal notaries of the emperors of Constantinople. Hence,2. In England, an officer in the court of king's bench and common pleas. The prothonotary of the king's bench records all civil actions. In the common pleas, the prothonotaries, of which there are three, enter and enroll all declarations, pleadings, judgments, &c., make out judicial writs and exemplifications of records, enter recognizances, &c.3. In the United States, a register or clerk of a court. The word however is not applied to any officer, except in particular states.Apostolical prothonotaries, in the court of Rome, are twelve persons constituting a college, who receive the last wills of cardinals, make informations and proceedings necessary for the canonization of saints, &c.
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PROTHON'OTARY, n. [Low L.protonotarius; Gr. first, and L. notarius, a scribe.] 1. Originally, the chief notary; and anciently, the title of the principal notaries of the emperors of Constantinople. Hence,2. In England, an officer in the court of king's bench and common pleas. The prothonotary of the king's bench records all civil actions. In the common pleas, the prothonotaries, of which there are three, enter and enroll all declarations, pleadings, judgments, &c., make out judicial writs and exemplifications of records, enter recognizances, &c.3. In the United States, a register or clerk of a court. The word however is not applied to any officer, except in particular states.Apostolical prothonotaries, in the court of Rome, are twelve persons constituting a college, who receive the last wills of cardinals, make informations and proceedings necessary for the canonization of saints, &c. | PRO-THON'O-TA-RY, n. [Low L. protonotarius; Gr. πρωτος, first, and L. notarius, a scribe.]- Originally, the chief notary; and anciently, the title of the principal notaries of the emperors of Constantinople. Hence,
- In England, an officer in the court of king's bench and common pleas. The prothonotary of the king's bench records all civil actions. In the common pleas, the prothonotaries, of which there are three, enter and enroll all declarations, pleadings, judgments, &c., make out judicial writs and exemplifications of records, enter recognizances, &c. – Encyc.
- In the United States, a register or clerk of a court. The word, however, is not applied to any officer, except in particular states.
Apostolical prothonotaries, in the court of Rome, are twelve persons constituting a college, who receive the last wills of cardinals, make informations and proceedings necessary for the canonization of saints, &c. – Encyc.
| Pro*thon"o*ta*ry
- A chief notary or
clerk.
- Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of
King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the
master.
- A register or chief clerk of a court in
certain States of the United States.
- Formerly, one who had
the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances
of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in
the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to
make and preserve the official record of beatifications.
- The chief secretary of the
patriarch of Constantinople.
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Prothonotary PROTHON'OTARY, noun [Low Latin protonotarius; Gr. first, and Latin notarius, a scribe.] 1. Originally, the chief notary; and anciently, the title of the principal notaries of the emperors of Constantinople. Hence, 2. In England, an officer in the court of king's bench and common pleas. The prothonotary of the king's bench records all civil actions. In the common pleas, the prothonotaries, of which there are three, enter and enroll all declarations, pleadings, judgments, etc., make out judicial writs and exemplifications of records, enter recognizances, etc. 3. In the United States, a register or clerk of a court. The word however is not applied to any officer, except in particular states. Apostolical prothonotaries, in the court of Rome, are twelve persons constituting a college, who receive the last wills of cardinals, make informations and proceedings necessary for the canonization of saints, etc.
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