318. A document which is not of record owing to the incom-
petence or incapacity of the officer or by a defect in form can serve
as a non-authenticated, signed document if it has been signed by
the parties (/).
{cT) " Reiju " (drawn) ; to say that a deed is " re(ju " means that the notary was
present when the parties expressed their wishes. The document must be written by
the notary, or dictated by him, or else drawn up in his presence. The vise by
signature proves the notarial drawing- up. (Laurent, Vol. XIX. 102.)