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French Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

I added a genealogical term that is common in notarial records and is tricky to translate, and also could look like the given name "Marie" if you didn't know what it meant. "Main levée"
(I added three words that I commonly come across in my French genealogy research: interpellé, requis, and attestation)
(I added a genealogical term that is common in notarial records and is tricky to translate, and also could look like the given name "Marie" if you didn't know what it meant. "Main levée")
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|mai
|mai
|May
|May
|-
|main levée [à main levée,
donner main lévee]
|show of hand [by show of hand i.e. with
the approval of someone; to give a show
of hand i.e. to give approval]
|-
|-
|maire
|maire
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