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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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noun
A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, law
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noun
The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Middle French chirographe, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
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