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Peter Baker
Internationally recognised
Notary Public
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I am available without an appointment
Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. Outside of these hours I am available for home visits at an extra charge.
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| Interesting Facts! |
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| What was this shorthand? Well those of you have studied shorthand will not be surprised to learn that it was a system of arbitrary marks or signs called NOTAE. Previously abbreviations of words had been used, much as un unskilled notetaker still does today. So you find for example APP for Appius; Coss for consules, or in writing one letter, usually the initial letter for the whole word eg PC for 'partes conscripti' or SC for 'senatus consultum'. It will not surprise you to learn that a person who adopted this new method was called a NOTARIUS, so we can date the origin of the term to around 100AD. Although originally applied to the shorthand writer over time the term NOTARIUS became reserved exclusively to the Registrars attached to the Courts of Provincial Governors, to the secretaries of emperors, and to the highest class of officials in the Roman Privy Council and the Imperial Chancery. | | |
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