{"id":298,"date":"2014-03-12T00:45:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T06:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=298"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:14:39","slug":"english-common-law-notaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/","title":{"rendered":"English Common Law for Notaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#English_Common_Law_for_Notaries\" >English Common Law for Notaries<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Colorado_CRS_2-4-211_Common_Law_of_England\" >Colorado CRS 2-4-211.\u00a0 Common Law of England<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Ecclesiastical_License_Act\" >Ecclesiastical License Act<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Jamestown_Colony_of_Virginia\" >Jamestown, Colony of Virginia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Common_Law_Marriage\" >Common Law Marriage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Other_Common_Law_Applications\" >Other Common Law Applications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Law_Merchant\" >Law Merchant<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#Sir_William_Blackstone\" >Sir William Blackstone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/english-common-law-notaries\/#French_law\" >French law<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"English_Common_Law_for_Notaries\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-common-law-for-notaries-320x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3860\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-common-law-for-notaries-320x200.jpg\" alt=\"English common law for notaries\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>English Common Law for Notaries<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does the English <strong>common law<\/strong> still apply today in Colorado?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is the current Colorado statute, known as a <strong>reception statute<\/strong>, first adopted in <strong>Colorado Territory<\/strong> in <strong>1861<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colorado_CRS_2-4-211_Common_Law_of_England\"><\/span><strong>Colorado CRS 2-4-211<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Common Law of England<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;\"><em>The <strong>common law of England<\/strong> so far as the same is applicable and of a general nature, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>and all acts and statutes of the <strong>British parliament<\/strong>, made in aid of or to supply the defects of the common law prior to the fourth year of James the First (1607),<\/em><br \/>\n<em>excepting the second section of the sixth chapter of forty-third Elizabeth (1601), <\/em><br \/>\n<em>the eighth chapter of thirteenth Elizabeth (1571), and <\/em><br \/>\n<em>the ninth chapter of thirty-seventh Henry the Eighth (1545),<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and which are of a <strong>general nature<\/strong>, and not local to that <strong>kingdom<\/strong>, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>shall be the <strong>rule of decision<\/strong>, and shall be considered as of <strong>full force<\/strong> <strong>until repealed<\/strong> by legislative authority.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries were first introduced into England in the 13th and 14th centuries.\u00a0 <strong>English common law<\/strong> developed free from most influences of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/roman-law-influence-on-notaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Roman law<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries were often appointed by the <strong>Papal Legate<\/strong> or <strong>Archbishop of Canterbury<\/strong>, many were <strong>clergy members<\/strong>. Over time, clergy members ceased to involve themselves in secular business, and laymen began to assume the role of a modern notary.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ecclesiastical_License_Act\"><\/span>Ecclesiastical License Act<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the reign of <strong>Henry VIII<\/strong>, the <strong>Church of England<\/strong> separated from the Church of Rome. Under the <strong>Ecclesiastical License Act<\/strong> of 1533, the English monarch assumed the power to appoint notaries. Previously they were appointed by the Pope in Rome. \u00a0(See <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-and-the-church\/\">Notaries and the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The King delegated the power to the head of the Church of England, the <strong>Archbishop of Canterbury, <\/strong>who delegated it to the <strong>Court of Faculties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jamestown_Colony_of_Virginia\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamestown-Virginia-English-Colonists-Landing-1607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3861\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamestown-Virginia-English-Colonists-Landing-1607.jpg\" alt=\"Jamestown Virginia English Colonists Landing 1607\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Jamestown, Colony of Virginia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The significance of the fourth year of the reign of <strong>King James<\/strong> the First (1607) is that the laws for the New World settlement of <strong>Jamestown<\/strong>, <strong>Colony of<\/strong> <strong>Virginia<\/strong>, founded in <strong>1607<\/strong>, were based on the English <strong>common law <\/strong>at that time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Colonial America, only persons of high moral character were appointed as Notaries.\u00a0 In remote regions, a Notary might be the only government representative within several days\u2019 horse ride.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notary laws in the United States were originally based on English common law, but have evolved over time as individual states have written <strong>notary statutes<\/strong> that govern notary procedures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">English common law remains a legal foundation, primarily for the law of <strong>contracts<\/strong>, the law of <strong>torts<\/strong>, and <strong>property<\/strong> law.\u00a0 For example, a notary has a duty to use\u00a0<strong>reasonable care<\/strong> to prevent harm to the public.\u00a0 The notary should know and follow the law, and adhere to notary <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best practices<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to demonstrate reasonable care.\u00a0 Failure to use reasonable care can result in a claim of <strong>negligence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Colorado law does require a notary to record notarial acts in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/keeping-notary-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notary journal<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, many other states do not have a statutory requirement to keep a notary journal.\u00a0 However, some legal experts believe that all notaries have an English <strong>common law duty<\/strong> to <strong>keep records<\/strong> of their acts in a notary journal.\u00a0 Other public officials keep written records.\u00a0 The word notary comes from the Latin word <strong>notarius<\/strong>, meaning a person who makes notes of events and transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the <strong>Vancura<\/strong> case in Illinois, in 2008, a notary was found liable for negligence.\u00a0 The court ruled that in a situation where state notary <strong>law is silent<\/strong>, the notary should follow widely accepted <strong>best practices<\/strong> for guidance on proper notary procedure, and cited the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Model Notary Act<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as a source for guidance.\u00a0 Many states have adopted all or portions of the Model Notary Act into law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Employers<\/strong> have a <strong>common law duty<\/strong> to <strong>prevent harm<\/strong> to third parties caused by inadequately trained and supervised <strong>notary employees<\/strong>.\u00a0 Employers should make sure that all employee notaries have completed an approved <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Notary Training<\/strong><\/a><\/span> course and passed the Colorado notary exam.\u00a0 Employers should also make sure that employee notaries are in compliance with any recent changes in notary laws and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notary best practices<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Annual <strong>continuing education<\/strong> and repeating the notary exam would be <strong>prudent<\/strong> measures.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_Law_Marriage\"><\/span>Common Law Marriage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Couples living together may file a <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affidavit-of-Common-Law-Marriage-Colorado.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Colorado Affidavit of Common Law Marriage<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This will recognize a marriage based on English common law, without a formal marriage, if certain conditions are met. Note: contact an attorney for legal advice.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Common_Law_Applications\"><\/span>Other Common Law Applications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some jurisdictions will allow a name change by filing an <strong>Affidavit<\/strong> of <strong>Name Change<\/strong>, based on English common law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under general contract principles, a valid <strong>acceptance<\/strong> of a sales <strong>contract<\/strong> must mirror or specifically agree to the same terms as the offer.\u00a0 This is known as the <strong>common law<\/strong> <b>mirror image rule<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other instances where the English common law applies include jury trials, civil liberties, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-trademark-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademarks<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, lost and found property, and habeas corpus.\u00a0 Colorado court cases make frequent references to the common law.\u00a0 I did not find a reference book containing the English common law of 1607, at the founding of <strong>Jamestown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Archbishop of Canterbury<\/strong> may have a book of English <strong>notary laws<\/strong> from that time period.\u00a0 I am not aware of a book or legal <strong>treatise<\/strong> containing all notary court cases since <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-laws-1861\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Territory<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was formed in 1861.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Law_Merchant\"><\/span>Law Merchant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonial notaries lived in seaport towns and mostly dealt with <strong>commercial<\/strong> <strong>law<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/marine-protest-maritime-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>maritime<\/strong><strong> law<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0 Notary practice was based on unwritten international custom, derived from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/law-merchant-pie-powder-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law Merchant<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonial statutes did not regulate traditional notarial work.\u00a0 Notaries kept books where they recorded their notarial acts, and sometimes kept <strong>documents<\/strong> that could not be recorded in a public records office.\u00a0 See <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/aspinwall-notarial-records-boston-1644\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aspinwall Notarial Records, Boston, 1644-1651<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sir_William_Blackstone\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sir-William-Blackstone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3862\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sir-William-Blackstone.jpg\" alt=\"Sir William Blackstone\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Sir William Blackstone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sir William Blackstone<\/strong>, (1723-1780), wrote the <strong>Commentaries on the Laws of England<\/strong>, published in Oxford, England, 1765-1769.\u00a0 He divided the English <strong>common law<\/strong> into four volumes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Book I, the &#8220;<strong>Rights of Persons<\/strong>&#8220;,\u00a0 Book II, the &#8220;<strong>Rights of Things<\/strong>&#8220;, Book III, &#8220;<strong>Private Wrongs<\/strong>&#8221; and Book IV, &#8220;<strong>Public Wrongs<\/strong>&#8220;.\u00a0 The books were readable and understandable by non-lawyers.\u00a0 Copies of the books may be found online, including the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Commentaries on the Laws of England\" href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/blackstone.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yale Law School Library<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"French_law\"><\/span>French law<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The area of eastern Colorado, west to the Rockies, was once part of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/la-salle-expedition-louisiana-territory-1682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana Territory<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, aka <strong>New France<\/strong>, under <strong>French law<\/strong>, which is based on <strong>Roman law<\/strong>.\u00a0 In 1682, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/la-salle-expedition-louisiana-territory-1682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French explorer <strong>La Salle<\/strong><\/a><\/span> claimed the land of the Mississippi River basin for <strong>King Louis XIV<\/strong> of France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1803, <strong>Thomas Jefferson<\/strong> bought the <strong>Louisiana Purchase<\/strong> from France, and the area came under <strong>territorial law<\/strong>, based on <strong>English common law<\/strong>, but the state of <strong>Louisiana<\/strong> kept a legal system based on French law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/louisiana-notary-powers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notaries in Louisiana<\/a><\/strong><\/span> are <strong>civil law notaries<\/strong> and have more legal training and powers than <strong>common law notaries<\/strong> in the other 49 states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries should avoid procedures that are not prescribed by law, or best practices, or where special or advanced legal knowledge or training is required.\u00a0 Whenever Colorado notary law is silent, a Colorado notary should refer to the <strong>common law standards<\/strong> of <strong>best practices<\/strong> listed in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Model Notary Act<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If a notary has questions about <strong>English common law<\/strong> in Colorado, he\/she should seek <strong>legal counsel<\/strong> from an attorney, knowledgeable in that area of the law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Image Credits<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Jamestown, Virginia, 1607, English Colonists landing, National Park Service<br \/>\n2. 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