English dictionary
chirograph
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noun
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A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word <i>chirographum</i>, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a <i>charter party</i>.
Source: webster1913