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A Gazette is 16th Century term meaning a public journal and authorized newspaper of record.

The word Gazette is derived directly from the Venetian word gazeta being a small copper coin and the base unit of currency of the Venetian Empire from the 12th Century up until the 18th Century:

(i) In 1556, the newly elected Doga (Doge) Lorenzo Priuli (1556–1559) ordered the monthly printing of the first official newspaper in Europe called the Notizie Scritte meaning “written news” or “published (government) notices” costing one (1) gazeta. As it was the official newspaper of the government, it quickly became known as the “gazeta de la novità” which translates colloquially as “halfpenny worth of news”; and

(ii) In May 1631 the first weekly newspaper and magazine of France called La Gazette began to be circulated, focusing on political and diplomatic affairs, events of state and official notices. In 1672 it became known as the Gazette de France-Organe official du Government royal (Official organ of the royal Government). In 1915, the newspaper discontinued as an independent publication; and

(iii) In 1641, A Gazeta da Restauração became the first official newspaper of Portugal, in Lisbon; and

(iv) In 1661, Gaceta de Madrid (Gazette of Madrid) became the first official newspaper of Spain, changing its name in 1900 to Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) (Spanish for Official Bulletin of the State); and

(v) In 1666, the first official regular newspaper of England called the London Gazette began to be published under the authority of Charles II. The Gazette as the official record of the Government has published royal assents, writs, appointments to certain public offices, commissions, awards and honors, proclamations and declarations as well as legal notices concerning estates. In 1889, the London Gazette was taken over by H.M. Stationary Office and then resold to the private sector at the end of the 20th Century; and

(vi) Today, the reference to an official publication authorized to publish government notices under the term “gazette” is considered the standard and proper means of “public notice”.

In Roman law, the production of a copy of an official Gazette, published under authority, containing a copy of the order or adjudication is evidence of the fact.

The most authoritative and highest Gazette is the Ucadia Gazette, published by Divine Authority in accordance with these canons and the sacred Covenant Pactum De Singularis Caelum and is the Official Newspaper of Record for UCADIA and a modern, efficient way to disseminate and record official, regulatory and lawful information in print, online and electronic forms.