5/18/25, 8:51 PM Louisiana Notary Exam \Louisiana Notary Exam Chapters 1-5 Set 1 Exam questions and answers
Louisiana Notary Exam \Louisiana Notary Exam Chapters
1-5 Set 1 Exam questions and answers latest version
Terms in this set (146)
System of law derived from Roman Law; court decisions
Civil Law
DO NOT establish state law; on the Legislature enacts
state laws
System of law derived from England; court decisions can
Common Law
lead to future laws and precedents
Commission an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of
people.
Legal Capacity The ability to contract; not to be a minor and of sound mind and
body
Immovable Land and its improvements thereon
Mandate Transaction in which a person confers authority on another i.e.
power of attorney
Partition Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests in real
property
Jurisdiction the power to adjudicate or handle a particular kind of case
Apostille an addition, a marginal note or observation
- french for "of law"
de jure Notary
- an official who holds his office by law & who is
possessed of all lawfully necessary qualifications for
office
commissioned notary with some violation of
de facto Notary qualifications that has suspended the notary's rights to
perform his/her duties and responsibilities; i.e. failure to
maintain a surety bond or file annual reports for
example
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, 5/18/25, 8:51 PM Louisiana Notary Exam \Louisiana Notary Exam Chapters 1-5 Set 1 Exam questions and answers
Misfeasance improper performance of a lawfully authorized official act
Malfeasance misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
Dereliction of Duty With negligent disregard for proper performance
persons above the age of majority who are declared by a court
Interdicts to be incapable of
either caring for his own person or administering his
estate, or both, although he may at times appear to
have possession of his reason
Property Bond a special mortgage on immovable property in the parish of the
notary's commission
any state, district, parish or municipal office, elected or
Public Office appointed, or any position as member on a board or
commission, elected or appointed, when the office or
position is established by the constitution or laws of
this state
Public Officer any person holding a public office in this state
Acts performed by the notary as a service for a fee and
Ministerial
not as a governmental function
Paraphing the notation on a document to mark it for identification with
another act
The right that confers on a person direct immediate and
Ownership
exclusive authority over a thing
Corporeal things that have a body and can be touched or felt
Incorporeal things that do not have a body and cannot be touched or felt
the space of land over which the waters of the sea
Seashore
spread in the highest tide during the winter season.
Naked ownership Bundle of rights formerly called abusus, ownership is burdened
by a usufruct
A condition of an obligation providing that upon the
Resolutory Condition
occurrence of a particular uncertain event the
obligation will come to an end
Possessor Owner of the thing he possesses until the right of the true owner
is established
Quasi Possession Exercising a real right, such as a servitude
land formed by water receding imperceptibly from the
Dereliction
bank of a river or stream; owner of land on the edge
of the bank left dry owns the dereliction.
Accretion (growth) formed successively and
Alluvion
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Louisiana Notary Exam \Louisiana Notary Exam Chapters
1-5 Set 1 Exam questions and answers latest version
Terms in this set (146)
System of law derived from Roman Law; court decisions
Civil Law
DO NOT establish state law; on the Legislature enacts
state laws
System of law derived from England; court decisions can
Common Law
lead to future laws and precedents
Commission an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of
people.
Legal Capacity The ability to contract; not to be a minor and of sound mind and
body
Immovable Land and its improvements thereon
Mandate Transaction in which a person confers authority on another i.e.
power of attorney
Partition Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests in real
property
Jurisdiction the power to adjudicate or handle a particular kind of case
Apostille an addition, a marginal note or observation
- french for "of law"
de jure Notary
- an official who holds his office by law & who is
possessed of all lawfully necessary qualifications for
office
commissioned notary with some violation of
de facto Notary qualifications that has suspended the notary's rights to
perform his/her duties and responsibilities; i.e. failure to
maintain a surety bond or file annual reports for
example
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2
, 5/18/25, 8:51 PM Louisiana Notary Exam \Louisiana Notary Exam Chapters 1-5 Set 1 Exam questions and answers
Misfeasance improper performance of a lawfully authorized official act
Malfeasance misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
Dereliction of Duty With negligent disregard for proper performance
persons above the age of majority who are declared by a court
Interdicts to be incapable of
either caring for his own person or administering his
estate, or both, although he may at times appear to
have possession of his reason
Property Bond a special mortgage on immovable property in the parish of the
notary's commission
any state, district, parish or municipal office, elected or
Public Office appointed, or any position as member on a board or
commission, elected or appointed, when the office or
position is established by the constitution or laws of
this state
Public Officer any person holding a public office in this state
Acts performed by the notary as a service for a fee and
Ministerial
not as a governmental function
Paraphing the notation on a document to mark it for identification with
another act
The right that confers on a person direct immediate and
Ownership
exclusive authority over a thing
Corporeal things that have a body and can be touched or felt
Incorporeal things that do not have a body and cannot be touched or felt
the space of land over which the waters of the sea
Seashore
spread in the highest tide during the winter season.
Naked ownership Bundle of rights formerly called abusus, ownership is burdened
by a usufruct
A condition of an obligation providing that upon the
Resolutory Condition
occurrence of a particular uncertain event the
obligation will come to an end
Possessor Owner of the thing he possesses until the right of the true owner
is established
Quasi Possession Exercising a real right, such as a servitude
land formed by water receding imperceptibly from the
Dereliction
bank of a river or stream; owner of land on the edge
of the bank left dry owns the dereliction.
Accretion (growth) formed successively and
Alluvion
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