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Chirograph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of medieval 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. historical
  2. 2
    A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
  3. 3
    The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine". obsolete

    "a Record […]called the Chirograph, or Foot of the Fine"

Etymology

From Middle French chirographe, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).

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