Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
أمين المحل
English translation:
Legal Trustee/Scribe/Clerk of the Area/Locality/community
Arabic term
أمين المحل
Proposed translations
proven quality translation work
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Yemeni, Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Legal Trustee/Scribe/Clerk of the Area/Locality/community
New Zealand
قاضي صلح و مترجم ومستشار - صالح أيوب
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Shop keper
Saleh
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-05-27 21:24:51 GMT)
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Correction: I mean, Shop keeper
Saleh
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eltorgomania
: quote "the term has nothing to do with shops or shopping centers. It is talking about somebody who is authorized to make marriage contracts." quote
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Hi, ME, I mean YOu - Nothing to disagree with, it is just a guess. You may suggest any other answer - Thanks :-D
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Zeinab Asfour
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Saudi Arabia
English-Arabic Financial Translator
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
registrar
Note: I quoted the same link of MR. M Allaf who agrees with the other answer.
Regards
Rest assured with the expert!
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
keeper of the minutes
The word "clerk" is used as well, but it seems far from being mentioned in an "Islamic" certificate. It may carry references to other contexts. Yet it carries the meaning of "keeping" though with some differences.
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Sorry, didn't mean to enrage my colleagues above! ;) only searching for the right term!!
The clerk or keeper of the minutes, proceedings, or other book of the religious society in which such marriage shall be had
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/titles/title20/c01a01.htm
http://statutes.unicam.state.ne.us/corpus/chapall/chap42.html
Jordan
Goal: Producing High Quality Work
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Italian, and 2 more.
District Secretary
| في الواقع هو "أمين المجل" وليس "المحلة"ـ تحياتي |
| أقصد "المحل" طبعا |
Respect for the Words
Native in: Arabic , French
Works in: English to French, Arabic to French, French to English, and 1 more.
Discussion
However I am stil waiting some Yemeni colleague to help me with this term.
يثول المدعي أن ****** قد تزوج بالسيدة ***** بتاريخ 15/9/1985 بعقد شرعي عقد بها والدها ***** لدى أمين المحل ***** وصورتها أعلاه وكان العقد بها بعد وفاة زوجته السيدة **** المتوفية بتاريخ *****
Hope this helps.
Thanks