no·tice 1 n
1 a: a notification or communication of a fact, claim, demand, or proceeding see also process, service
◇ The requirements of when, how, and what notice must be given to a person are often prescribed by a statute, rule, or contract.
b: awareness of such a fact, claim, demand, or proceeding
actual notice
1: actual awareness or direct notification of a specific fact, demand, claim, or proceeding
had actual notice of the meeting – called also express notice;
2: implied notice in this entry
constructive notice: notice that one exercising ordinary care and diligence as a matter of duty would possess and esp. that is imputed by law rather than from fact
express notice: actual notice (1) in this entry
implied notice: notice that is imputed to a party having knowledge of a fact or circumstance that would cause a reasonable party to inquire further or having possession of a means of knowing a particular fact and that is considered a form of actual notice – called also inquiry notice;
notice by publication: notice published in a public medium (as a newspaper) that is used, allowed, or required esp. in matters of public concern, land, or estates or after due diligence in attempting personal service of process
2: actual notice in this entry
3: constructive notice in this entry
4: something (as information) that would cause a reasonable party to inquire further see also implied notice in this entry
5: a written document containing notice
filed a notice of appeal
6: recognition or attention esp. by a court see also judicial notice
notice 2 vt no·ticed, no·tic·ing
1: to make known through notice
appeals noticed for the coming session
a noticed shareholder meeting
2: to recognize formally
in a civil action or proceeding, the court shall instruct the jury to accept as conclusive any fact judicially noticed — Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 201(g)
3: to serve a notice to; also: to bring about by means of notice
allowed to notice a deposition from the other party
notice 3 adj: of, relating to, or being a recording act in which a party having an interest in property has priority over any earlier unrecorded claims of which the party had no notice compare pure race, race-notice
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.