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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirograph

chirking
chirks
chirl
chirled
chirling
chirls
chirm
chirmed
chirming
chirms
chiro
chiro-
chirobrachialgia
chirognomy
chirognostic
chirograph
chirographer
chirographers
chirographic
chirographical
chirographies
chirographist
chirographists
chirographs
chirography
chirokinesthesia
chirological
chirologist
chirologists

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