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human
ELI5:Why is it "Notary Public" and not "Public Notary" which sounds more natural?
gpt
It's direct copy of the french office "notaire publique", where the adjective is after the noun. It's the same with words like "attorney general" and "court martial".

Lots of legal terms in English have french influences, like the tradition of saying two synonyms where one has a French/Latin origin and the other old English, i.e. "law and order", "null and void", "will and testament", "cease and desist" etc.