Back عقد موثق Arabic Notářský zápis Czech Escritura pública Spanish Acte notarié French Közjegyzői okirat Hungarian Atto notarile Italian 公正証書 Japanese Нотариаттық әрекеттер Kazakh Notarinis veiksmas Lithuanian Akte (document) Dutch
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A notarial act (or notarial instrument or notarial writing) is any written narration of facts (recitals) drawn up by a notary, notary public or civil-law notary authenticated by the notary's signature and official seal and detailing a procedure which has been transacted by or before the notary in their official capacity. A notarial act is the only lawful means of proving those facts of which it is the recognized record, whereas on other matters it is usually inadmissible, because, being beyond the powers entrusted to the notary by law, it is non-official. In most common-law countries, multiple-page acts are bound together using a sewn or knotted ribbon (referred to as silk), the ends of which are secured by a wafer impressed with the notary's seal. This is called annexing or annexure.