chirograph English

Meaning chirograph meaning

What does chirograph mean?

chirograph 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.

— (legal, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.

— (obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".

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chirograph English » English

written document

handwriting

charter