chirograph — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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.

   Gebrauch

   • historisch

2. A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.

3. The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".

   Gebrauch

   • außer Gebrauch

   Beispiele

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