chirograph

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French chirographe, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). === Noun === chirograph (plural chirographs) (law, historical) 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. (law, 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". ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== indenture === References === “chirograph”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.