therefore, it's not at all incorrect
to say that a Civil Law Notary is

		. , .
1/3	....	notary
1/3		lawyer
1/3		judge

the judgelike qualities are quite evident. A civil law deed, for instance, does not even formally come from the parties. You won't read Alice sells this property to Bob. Rather: I, Civil Law Notary, sitting in my office, met Alice and Bob and I found that Alice sold her property to Bob. No wonder why the CLN, and not the parties, owns the deed