The title given to an officer who officiates as principal clerk of some courts. Vin Ab. h. t. 2. In the ecclesiastical law, the name of prothonotary is given to an officer of the court of Rome, he is so called because he is the first notary; the Greek word prootos signifying primus or first. These notaries have preeminence over the other notaries, and, are put in the rank of … [Read more...]

The first draft or rough minutes of an instrument or transaction; the original copy of a dispatch, treaty, or other document. Brande. A document serving as the preliminary to, or opening of, any diplomatic transaction. In old Scotch, practice. A book, marked by the clerk register, and delivered to a notary on his admission, in which he was directed to insert all the instruments … [Read more...]

In Spanish law. The original draft or writing of an instrument which remains in the possession of the escribano, or notary. White, New Recop. lib. 8, tit 7, c. 5, … [Read more...]

As appears by the record. In the Latin phraseology of pleading, this was the proper formula for making reference to a record. … [Read more...]

civil law. He who not being the tutor of a pupil or minor, has administered his property or affairs as if he had been, whether he thought himself legally invested with the authority of a tutor, or not. 2. He who marries a woman who is tutrix, becomes, by the marriage, a protutor. The protutor is equally responsible as the tutor. … [Read more...]