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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Notorieté, Notorité, n. Also: -ietie, -iety, -iotie, notouretie. [e.m.E. notorietie (1592), F. notoriété, med. L. notorietas.]

1. The fact of being common knowledge or of being well known or familiar.Chiefly const. of the fact or circumstance referred to.

a. In reference to crimes, misdeeds and the like. 1564 St. A. Kirk S. 211.
In respect of the contentis of the foyrsaid wryting … and notorite of the invasion and hurt don to hym 1573 Riddell Tracts 192.
The said Williame be the notoriete of the deid is convict of knawledge 1592 Mining Rec. 64.
Bot remittis the sam to the notouretie of his wanitie thairin 1600 Crim. Trials II. 155.
Notorietie a1650 Row 28.
Upon the notorietie of a great and haynous fact as adulterie or murder Ib. 93. 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xvii. 3. (1678) 172.
The justices are only declared to be judges to the notoriety of adultery

b. In reference to other kinds of facts and circumstances.i.e. those which are not criminal or do not imply discredit. 1567 Reg. Privy C. I. 539.
The certantie and notorietie of the honestie, habilitie [etc.] … of oure said dearest brother 1601 Crim. Trials II. 345.
In respect of the notorietie that he is eldest sone and apperand air to the laird of Boningtoune 1626 Justiciary Cases I. 51.
Becaus it is referrit to the assyse knawlege the notoriotie of the contrair 1681 Stair Inst. iv. xlii. 19.
Very old writs … are suspected by the notoriety of the handwrits of the notaries that then … commonly practised Ib. xlv. 4.
Probation by notoriety of the verity of fact is when the judge of proper knowledge knows that the point to be proved is commonly known or acknowledged to be true Ib.
Albeit judges cannot be … witnesses … yet it reaches not to notoriety

2. A well-known event. a1650 Row 137.
With other emergents and notorieties