Complete Definition of "apostille"

English
Etymology
L. post illa (verba); after these (words) through French postille; a marginal note.
Noun

  1. A method of certifying foreign documents. Quaere: common misspelling? See note at apostil.

#*Under the Hague Convention, signatory countries have agreed to recognize public documents issued by other signatory countries if those public documents are authenticated by the attachment of an internationally recognized form of authentication known as an "apostille." The apostille ensures that public documents issued in one signatory country will be recognized as valid in another signatory country. http://www.dos.state.ny.us/CORP/msrfaq.html - 13k
Alternative spellings
apostle
apostil

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