Sc. Obs. [a. obs. F. connotaire, 16th c.] He who is notary together with another.
1620. W. Scot, Apol. Narr. (1846), 128. Documents and instruments in the hands of the con-notars.
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales & Sk., III. 98. I would rather trust myself to the mercy of God than to that of these d——d connoters at any time.
