NYS Notary Public
1.Acknowledgement
Answer> A formal declaration before a duly authorized officer by a
person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act
and deed.
2.Administrator
Answer> A person appointed by the court to manage the estate of a
deceased person who left no will.
3.Affiant
Answer> The person who makes and subscribes his signature to an
affidavit.
4.Affidavit
Answer> A signed statement, duly sworn to, by the maker thereof, before
a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.
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,5.Affirmation
Answer> A solemn declaration made by a persons who conscientiously
de- cline taking an oath; it is equivalent to an oath and is just as binding; if
a person has religious or conscientious scruples against taking an oath.
6.Apostile
Answer> Department of State authentication attached to a notarized
and coun- ty-certified document for possible international use.
7.Attest
Answer> To witness the execution of a written instrument, at the
request of the person who makes it, and subscribe the same as a
witness.
8.Attestation Clause
Answer> The clause (ex. at the end of a will) wherein the witnesses
certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the
manner of the execution of the same.
9.Authentication (Notarial)
Answer> A certificate subjoined by a county clerk to any cer- tificate of
proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary; this county clerk's
certificate authenticates or verifies the authority of the notary public to
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, act as such.
10.Bill of Sale
Answer> A written instrument given to pass title of personal property
from vendor to vendee.
11.Certified Copy
Answer> A copy of a public record signed and certified as a true copy by
the public official having custody of the original. A notary public has no
authority to issue certified copies.
12.Chattel
Answer> Personal property, such as household goods or fixtures.
13.Chattel Paper
Answer> A writing or writings which evidence both an obligation to pay
money and a security interest in a lease or specific goods. The
agreement which creates or provides for the security interest is known
as a security agreement.
14.Codicil
Answer> An instrument made subsequent to a will and modifying it in
some respects.
15.Consideration
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1.Acknowledgement
Answer> A formal declaration before a duly authorized officer by a
person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act
and deed.
2.Administrator
Answer> A person appointed by the court to manage the estate of a
deceased person who left no will.
3.Affiant
Answer> The person who makes and subscribes his signature to an
affidavit.
4.Affidavit
Answer> A signed statement, duly sworn to, by the maker thereof, before
a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.
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,5.Affirmation
Answer> A solemn declaration made by a persons who conscientiously
de- cline taking an oath; it is equivalent to an oath and is just as binding; if
a person has religious or conscientious scruples against taking an oath.
6.Apostile
Answer> Department of State authentication attached to a notarized
and coun- ty-certified document for possible international use.
7.Attest
Answer> To witness the execution of a written instrument, at the
request of the person who makes it, and subscribe the same as a
witness.
8.Attestation Clause
Answer> The clause (ex. at the end of a will) wherein the witnesses
certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the
manner of the execution of the same.
9.Authentication (Notarial)
Answer> A certificate subjoined by a county clerk to any cer- tificate of
proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary; this county clerk's
certificate authenticates or verifies the authority of the notary public to
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, act as such.
10.Bill of Sale
Answer> A written instrument given to pass title of personal property
from vendor to vendee.
11.Certified Copy
Answer> A copy of a public record signed and certified as a true copy by
the public official having custody of the original. A notary public has no
authority to issue certified copies.
12.Chattel
Answer> Personal property, such as household goods or fixtures.
13.Chattel Paper
Answer> A writing or writings which evidence both an obligation to pay
money and a security interest in a lease or specific goods. The
agreement which creates or provides for the security interest is known
as a security agreement.
14.Codicil
Answer> An instrument made subsequent to a will and modifying it in
some respects.
15.Consideration
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