NOTATION

In EngUsh probate practice, notation is the act of making a memorandum of some special circumstance on a probate or letters of administration. Thus, where a grant is made tor the whole personal es'tate of the deceased within the United Kingdom, which can only be done in the case of a person dying domiciled in England, the fact of his having been so domiciled is noted on· the grant._ Qoote, Prob. Pr. 36; Sweet. NOTE, v. To make a brief written statement; to enter a memorandum; as to note an exception. -Note a bill. When a foreign bill has been dishonored, it is usual for a notary public to present it ai,:ain on the same day, and, if it be not then paid, to make a minute, consisting of his initials, the day, month, and year, and reason, if aesiined, of.non-payment. The makinl of this minute is called "noting tlie bill. Wharton. NOTE,,._ An abstract, a memorandum; an informal statement in writing. Also a negotiable promi ory note. See BouonT NoTE; NOTES; JUDGMENT NOTE; PROM IS SO BY Non; SOLD NOTE. -Note of a:line. In old conveyancing. One of the parts of a fine of lands, being an abstract of the writ of covenant, and the concord;. namlng the parties, the parcels of land; and the a.greement. 2 Bl. Comm. 351.-Note of allowance. In English practice. This was a note delivered by a master to.a party to a. cause, who alleged that there was error in law in the record and proceedings, allowing him to bring error.-Note of hand. A popular naml! for a. promi ory note. Perry v. Maxwell, 17 N. 0. 496; Hopkins v. Holt, 9 Wis. 230.- Note of protest. A memorandum of the fact of protest, indorsed by the notary upon the bill, at ilie. time, to be afterwards written out at length.-Note or memorandum, The statute of frauds reqnires a "note or memorandum" of the particular transaction to be made in writing an4 signed, etc. By ·iliis 1s generally un- [s. 837]