"chirograph" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chirographs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French chirographe, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|chirographe}} Middle French chirographe, {{der|en|grc|χειρόγραφος||written with the hand}} Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chirograph (plural chirographs)
  1. (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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law Translations (Translations): chirographe [masculine] (French), charte-partie [feminine] (French), Chirograph [neuter] (German), Teilurkunde [feminine] (German), chirografo [masculine] (Italian), chirographum [neuter] (Latin), cyrografe [masculine] (Old French), cyrograf [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-chirograph-en-noun-ivcchVGm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 14 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 14 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 12 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 76 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old French translations: 78 20 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 26 3 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'Translations': 93 7 0
  2. (law, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia. Categories (topical): Catholicism, Law
    Sense id: en-chirograph-en-noun-g~D5Jkn7 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, law
  3. (obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine". Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chirograph-en-noun-WFCetCqy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chirographary, chirography Related terms: indenture

Inflected forms

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