RECORDED Wednesday, May 24, 2006

It's Worth Hiring A Typist

I don't have time to go through the punctuation on this one - but the second sentence of the first paragraph mentions that the property is more fully described in another recorded document. Hopefully that scrivener did a better job.



A scrivener, also known as a scribe, is shorthand today for a person who drafts documents. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke the word "scribe" is used interchangeably with "lawyer"; historically, it was a position that held great authority, in civil and military arenas. One still-active society of such capable notaries is the Scrivener's Company in London, which dates from the fourteenth century.

Apparently it's not as big a deal these days.