Definition of Prothonotary

1. n. A chief notary or clerk.

Definition of Prothonotary

1. Noun. A chief clerk of one of various courts of law. ¹

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Definition of Prothonotary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothonotary

prothalamium
prothalli
prothallia
prothallium
prothalluses
prothese
protheses
prothesis
prothetelic
prothetelous
prothetely
prothetic
prothonotarial
prothonotaries
prothonotary (current term)
prothonotary warbler
prothonotary warblers
prothonotaryship
prothonotaryships
prothoraces
prothoracic
prothoracic gland
prothoracicotropic
prothoracicotropic hormone
prothoracicotropic hormones
prothorax
prothoraxes
prothrombin
prothrombin accelerator

Literary usage of Prothonotary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Queen's Bench Reports by John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis, Great Britain Court of Queen's Bench (1854)
"By the charter of 16 C. 2., establishing the Palace Court, it was granted that there should for ever be an office of the prothonotary of ..."

2. Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities by Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities, Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities. Committee on Lunacy, Committee on Lunacy, Board of Public Charities, Pennsylvania (1879)
"Sess., Ac. i prothonotary, Ac. Clerk of Quar. Sessions. I Clerk of Quar. ... Clerk of Courts, Ac. prothonotary, Ac. prothonotary, Ac. prothonotary, ..."

3. The Lower Canada Jurist: Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada by Strachan Bethune, John Sprott Archibald, William Hey, John Stuart Buchan (1864)
"BADGLEY, J. —This difficulty arises from an alleged omission in the jurat of the affidavit taken by the prothonotary of the Superior Court for the issue of ..."

4. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1807)
"A table of all fees for the time being authorized to be Table of fees to taken by the prothonotary or district prothonotary shall be hung be hung up in np ..."

5. Philadelphia in 1830--1: Or, A Brief Account of the Various Institutions and (1830)
"prothonotary of tlte Supreme Court. Office on the ground floor of the eastern ... prothonotary, William Duane, Esq. 3. prothonotary of the District Court. ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1871)
"By the charter of 16 C. 2, establishing the Palace Court, it was granted lhat there should for ever be an office of the prothonotary of the Court, ..."

7. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in the Supreme Court of by Francis Joseph Troubat, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, William Worthington Haly, Asa Israel Fish (1867)
"A transcript of a judgment obtained before a justice of the peace may be filed with the prothonotary of the Common Pleas, and docketed by him,7 when it ..."

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