chirograph noun3 •(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. •A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia. •(no longer used) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".a Record […]called the Chirograph, or Foot of the Fine — 1741 formschirographs
