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Notary Services Glossary beginning with G

Useful Notary and Apostille terms.
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Global Affairs Canada ('GAC')

Previously, 'Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade', and 'Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada'. The proper current title of this department is Global Affairs Canada ('GAC').

GAC runs the JLAC Office, which is responsible for federal authentication and Apostille services.

Gold Seal

Seals can be embossed directly onto a document, or over foil that has been applied to the paper first. Usually, the foil is gold or red. All variations are legal, provided they are issued by a person that is licensed to place the seal on the document. If a notary seal is embossed directly onto paper (without foil), it is not visible on a photocopy, so that is why many jurisdications make foil underlays a statutory requirement. 

Brosgall Legal applies a gold foil seal on our notarial certificate face page, which we then emboss with our notary seal. Not only does this increase the visability of our notary seal on the notarial certificate, but it also makes the seal impression photographically reproducible. 

In general, a seal should be sharp, legible, permanent and photographically reproducible, and must not obscure the signatures or other parts of the document.  

Seals at one point in antiquity were called Golden Bulls. The term Bull comes from the Latin term Bulla, because whether made of wax, lead, or gold, the material making the seal had to be melted (or boiled) to soften it and take on an impression: From the Latin bullire, 'to boil'.

Please see 'Seal' for further information.

Golden Bulls

Seals at one point in antiquity were called Golden Bulls. The term Bull comes from the Latin term Bulla, because whether made of wax, lead, or gold, the material making the seal had to be melted (or boiled) to soften it and take on an impression: From the Latin bullire, 'to boil'.

Please see 'Seal' for more information.

Grantee

A grantee is the person who accepts title to a property from another person, or who accepts special rights (as the Attorney) by using a power of attorney document. 

The grantee is the person who is receiving (buying) a property. The grantor is the person who is transferring (selling) a property. 

Grantor

A grantor is the person who grants title to a property to another person, or who grants special rights (as the Principal) by using a power of attorney document. 

The grantor is the person who is transferring (selling) a property. The grantee is the person who is receiving (buying) a property.