Citrus greening (Huanglongbing) (868 KB, PDF) Identification tip: Leaf mottling and yellowing that crosses leaf veins helps to distinguish citrus greening; yellowing in just one section of a tree is characteristic of citrus greening. The cause is a bacterium spread by aphidlike psyllids.
1 (common law) A notary public, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths. ( 2 law, Canada, US) A lay notary public, who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.
If you tell someone that you are a notary public, you can often expect that he or she will nod knowingly, as if fully aware of what that means. However, most people know only that a notary is someone who stamps documents..) In many states, the notary public will record the details of the notary act he or she just completed in a notary journal and have the signer of the document sign the journal. In some states, notaries also get a thumbprint of the signer in their journals.