registrar

n.

1. One who is in charge of official records.
2. An officer in a college or university who keeps the records of enrollment and academic standing.
3. An officer of a corporation responsible for maintaining records of ownership of its securities.
4. An admitting officer in a hospital.

[Probably from registrary, from Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum, register. See register.]

An organization that manages Internet domain names. Any person or company that wants a presence on the Internet must register a unique name with one of the more than thousand registrars around the world. In the U.S., registrars such as Network Solutions www.networksolutions.com) and Go Daddy www.godaddy.com) are very popular. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) maintains a list of accredited registrars (see ICANN). See Internet domain name.

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An institution or organization that is responsible for keeping records of bondholders and shareholders. If you are the owner of a bond or a share in a company you will be registered as a owner by one of these institutions.

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Bank or bank trust department authorized by an issuer of securities to maintain records of the number of stock shares or securities cancelled and reissued. The registrar, by ensuring that only the authorized number of stock shares or securities is outstanding at any time, is protecting the holders' interests while performing a service for the corporation. The registrar normally is a commercial bank other than the stock Transfer Agent. See also Regulation 9.

The person who is to maintain accurate official records, such as for Deeds, Mortgages and other recorded Documents.
Example: After Closing the buyer brought the deed to the registrar of deeds for Recording in the county records.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The public official charged with the duty of making and maintaining public records.

Common examples are the registrars of voters and deeds.

1. an official keeper of records.
2. in large veterinary teaching hospitals, a staff specialist who acts as head of the relevant clinical unit, e.g. the surgical or medical unit.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - protokolfører, registrator, giftefoged

Nederlands (Dutch)
registrator, degene die de registers bewaart, assistent-arts, griffier, hoofd van administratie (universiteit)

Français (French)
n. - (GB, Admin) officier d'État civil, (Univ) chef de la division de la scolarité, (GB) médecin adjoint, (GB, Jur) greffier en chef

Deutsch (German)
n. - Standesbeamter, Kanzler, Arzt, der im Krankenhaus tätig ist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ληξίαρχος, αρχειοφύλακας, υπεύθυνος μητρώου/πρωτοκόλλου, γραμματέας πρυτανείας πανεπιστημίου

Italiano (Italian)
cancelliere, impiegato, assistente medico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escrivão (m)

Русский (Russian)
начальник ЗАГСа, начальник отдела по работе со студентами, больничный врач

Español (Spanish)
n. - secretario del registro civil, registrador, archivero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - registrator, borgerlig vigselförrätare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
记录者, 登记官员, 登记者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 記錄者, 登記官員, 登記者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기록원, 등록 기관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 記録係, 戸籍係

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المسجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רשם‬

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