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Definition of Chirograph
1. n. A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.
Definition of Chirograph
1. Noun. (legal historical) A kind of mediaeval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others. ¹
2. Noun. (legal historical) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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