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† taˈbellion Obs.
Also 5 -ioun, -yo(u)n.
[ad. L. tabellio, -ōnem, one who draws up written instruments, a notary, scrivener, f. tabella tablet, letter, etc.]
A scrivener, a kind of subordinate notary; esp. in the Roman Empire, and in France till the Revolution, an official scribe having some of the functions of a notary. In 17–18th c. used as a recognized designation of a vocation in England and New England.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxi. (1859) 21, I my self wyl only be wryter and tabellyon of al that he wyl sey. 1469Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 95 His hienes may mak notaris & tabellionis. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 198 A Notarie is called a Tabellion, Scriuenor, or a publike seruant. 1656in Thurloe St. Papers V. 401 We do certify that Rob. Wickenden..is notary and tabellion public in this port of Dover. 1735in C. Hazard Life T. Hazard (1893) 229, I Joseph Marion Notary and Tabellion Publick Dwelling in Boston in New England. 1755N. Magens Insurances II. 71 To make the Assurance before a Justice, Notary, Tabellion, or other public Person. 1909Sharpe Cal. Let. Bk. I Lond. p. xxviii note, We find him formally appointing a notary public and tabellion throughout the Roman Empire. |