See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

NOTE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. nota, See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark, sign, from noscere, to know)  , a See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark, particularly a sign by which a musical See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound (also called a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note) is indicated in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing (see MUSICAL NOTATION) . The See also:

• TERM

term is also applied to an abstract or memorandum of documents, speeches, &c . This appears to have been first in legal use, especially in the See also:

• PROCESS

process of the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of See also:

• LAND

land by See also:

• FINE

fine and recovery (see FINE) . Further extensions of this meaning are to an explanation, comment or addition, added in the margin or at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page to a passage in a See also:

• BOOK

book, &c., or to a communication in writing shorter or less formal than a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary distinction between note and letter is reversed in See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy . See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

Diplomatic notes are written communications exchanged between diplomatic agents or between them and the ministers of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to which they are accredited; they differ from ordinary letters in having a more formal See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and in dealing with matters of more immediate and definite importance: e.g. the notification of See also:

• ADHESION (from Lat. adhaerere, to adhere)

adhesion to a treaty, of the re-See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of diplomatic relations after a' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, &c . Sometimes, by agreement, a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange of notes has the force of a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention . Collective notes are those signed by the representatives of several See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers acting in See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert . Some-times identical notes are substituted for collective, i.e. notes identical as to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and substance, but signed and delivered separately by the representatives of the several powers . Thus in 1822, at the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to overcome theobjection of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain to any interference of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European concert in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, identical notes were presented to the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish government instead of a collective note . Circular notes are those addressed by one See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to the other powers generally, e.g. that addressed by See also:

• THIERS

Thiers (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 9, 1870), on the proposed See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice, to the representatives of the great powers accredited to the government of See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . Confidential notes are directed to inspiring confidence by giving an explicit See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the views and intentions of the plenipotentiaries and their governments .

Such a note was sent, for instance, by the plenipotentiaries of the allied powers at the See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference of See also:

• POROS

Poros, on the 8th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1828, to See also:

• CAPO

Capo d'See also:

• ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria, the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president, to instruct him confidentially as to the results of their deliberations . The so-called notes verbales are unsigned, and are merely of the nature of memoranda (of conversations, &c.) . Notes ad See also:

• REFERENDUM

referendum are addressed by diplomatic agents to their own governments asking for .fresh powers to See also:

• DEAL

deal with points not covered by their instructions, which they have had to " refer." Diplomatic notes are usually written in the third See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person; but this See also:

• RULE

rule has not always been observed (see P . See also:

• PRADIER, JAMES (1792–1852)

Pradier-Fodere, Cours de See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

droit diplomatique, See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1899; vol. ii. p . 524) . For notes of See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand or promissory notes see NEGOTIABLE INSrRUMENTS and See also:

• BILL

BILL OF EXCHANGE, and for notes passing as currency see See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

BANKS AND BANKING, See also:

• BANK

BANK-NOTE and See also:

• POST

POST .