chirograph

noun 3

Definitions

noun

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.

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".

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

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