The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NOTARY
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More clues leading to the result NOTARY
- A lack of tax limiting a public official
- Contract worker with no volunteers on railway
- Public official's year very much going west
- Official witness that holds informer back
- Lawyer? No thanks – right, end of story!
- Small number attempt to engage a public official
- Clerk never hides books
- One hundred turned up to meet a railway’s legal official
- Sailor in drama with youth leader and official
- One issuing certificates, seal appearing below name
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What does NOTARY mean?
NOTARY noun- A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on clients' behalf.
- (common law) A notary public, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.
- A lay notary public, who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.