A TREATISE,

ON THE

OFFICE

AND PRACTICE

OF

A NOTARY OF ENGLAND,

AS CONNECTED WITH MERCANTILE INSTRUMENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Antiquity of the Office of Notary. Appointment,

Functions, and Powers of a Notary of England ...

CHAPTER II,

Notarial Articles, and Service of Clerkship. Admis-

sion. Notarial Faculty. Annual Certificate. Penalties

and consequences of acting without Admission and

Certificate

CHAPTER III.

Presentment, Acceptance, Dishonour, Noting and Pro-

testing of Bills of Exchange on Non-acceptance ...

CHAPTER IV.

Protest for Better Security. Acceptance Supra Protest.

Payment Supra Protest

CHAPTER V.

Page.

1 to 16

17 to 39

40 to 80

Presentment for Payment, Dishonour, Noting and

Charterparties. Bottomry Bonds. Average Agreements. 153 to 183

CHAPTER VIII.

Powers of Attorney. Declarations substituted for Oaths.

Notarial Attestations. Certificates. Registrations &c.

Commissions from Foreign Courts to take the

Examinations and Depositions of Witnesses ......... 184 to 204

CHAPTER IX.

Notarial Fees and Charges

......205 to 213

CHAPTER X.

PRECEDENTS.

Articles of Clerkship to a Notary ......

Affidavit of Execution of Articles of Clerkship

Protests of Bills of Exchange...

Acts of Honour.................

Entry or Note of a Ship Protest....

Ship Protests.......

214

217

........218 to 228

..228 to 234, 312

234

..235 to 252

252

Notarial Copy of a Ship Protest........................

Protests of various other kinds relating to mercantile

subjects

.253 to 268

Affidavit required by the Laws of a Foreign Country to

Notarial Certificates of various other kinds ............318 to 322

Declaration of the Identity of a Proprietor of Stock

made before a Notary, pursuant to the Regulations of

Affidavit of a Part Owner to obtain a Warrant out of

the High Court of Admiralty to arrest a Vessel which

the other Part Owners were about to send to Sea,

Certificates of the due Execution of Commissions from

Foreign Courts for the Examination of Witnesses ...336 to 339

Notarial Certificate, that a Commission from a Foreign

Court and Interrogatories were produced to one of

the Parties in the Suit, who refused to exhibit cross

Interrogatories.....

Articles of Copartnership................................

Page.

340

........341 to 361

Declaration in an Action at Law, brought to recover

Penalties from an unqualified Person, for practising

as a Notary

....362 to 376

APPENDIX.

Statutes relating to Notaries

*1 to *13

Statutes relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory

Notes

Statute repealing certain Stamp Duties..........

.*14 to *34

**35 to *61

Statute relating to the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths...*62 to *74

Observations and Opinions upon the Presentment of

......*75 to *88

.........*89 to *92

Foreign Bills of Exchange

Opinions upon the leaving of Bills or Copies with the

Drawees for deliberation before Acceptance ....

Opinion of Sir John Campbell, Knt. Attorney-General,

upon various points in the Act for the Abolition of

unnecessary Oaths.........

Opinion of Dr. Lushington upon the Service, under

Articles of Clerkship to a Notary, whilst the Appren-

tice was also under Articles to another person as an

Attorney

Bill, suggested to be brought before Parliament, respect-

ing the Time of Day for the Presentment of Bills and

Notes for Payment....

ADDENDA.........

GENERAL INDEX

.*92 to *93

..*94 to *95

.......*96 to *97

475

485