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Chirograph
(gcide) | Chirograph \Chi"ro*graph\, n. [Gr. ? written with the hand;
chei`r hand + gra`fein to write.] (Old. Law)
(a) 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 chirographum,
through which the parchment was cut, and one part given
to each party. It answered to what is now called a
charter party.
(b) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot
of the fine. --Bouvier.
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CHIROGRAPH
(bouvier) | CHIROGRAPH, conveyancing. Signifies a deed or public instrument in writing.
Chirographs were anciently attested by the subscription and crosses of
witnesses; afterwards, to prevent frauds and concealments, deeds of mutual
covenant were made in a script and rescript, or in a part and counterpart;
and in the middle, between the two copies, they drew the capital letters of
the alphabet, and then tallied, or cut asunder in an indented manner, the
sheet or skin of parchment, one of which parts being delivered to each of the
parties, were proved authentic by matching with and answering to one
another. Deeds thus made were denominated syngrapha, by the canonists,
because that word, instead of the letters of the alphabet, or the word
chirographum, was used. 2 Bl. Com. 296. This method of preventing
counterfeiting, or of detecting counterfeits, is now used by having some
ornament or some word engraved or printed at one end of certificates of
stocks, checks, and a variety of other instruments, which are bound up in a
book, and after they are executed, are cut asunder through such ornament or
word.
2. Chirograph is also the last part of, a fine of land, commonly called
the foot of the fine. It is an instrument of writing beginning with these.
words: "This is the final agreement," &c. It includes the whole matter,
reciting the parties, day, year and place, and before Whom the fine was
acknowledged and levied. Cruise, Dig. tit. 35, c. 2, s. 52. Vide Chambers'
Diet. h.t.; Encyclopaedia Americana, Charter; Encyclopedie de D'Alembert,
h.t.; Pothier, Pand. tom. xxii. p. 73.
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chirography
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Chirograph
(gcide) | Chirograph \Chi"ro*graph\, n. [Gr. ? written with the hand;
chei`r hand + gra`fein to write.] (Old. Law)
(a) 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 chirographum,
through which the parchment was cut, and one part given
to each party. It answered to what is now called a
charter party.
(b) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot
of the fine. --Bouvier.
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Chirographer
(gcide) | Chirographer \Chi*rog"ra*pher\, n.
1. One who practice the art or business of writing or
engrossing.
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2. See chirographist, 2.
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Chirographer of fines (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the
court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.
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Chirographer of fines
(gcide) | Chirographer \Chi*rog"ra*pher\, n.
1. One who practice the art or business of writing or
engrossing.
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2. See chirographist, 2.
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Chirographer of fines (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the
court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.
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Chirographic
(gcide) | Chirographic \Chi`ro*graph"ic\, Chirographical
\Chi`ro*graph"ic*al\a.
Of or pertaining to chirography.
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Chirographical
(gcide) | Chirographic \Chi`ro*graph"ic\, Chirographical
\Chi`ro*graph"ic*al\a.
Of or pertaining to chirography.
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Chirographist
(gcide) | Chirographist \Chi*rog"ra*phist\, n.
1. A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.
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2. One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.
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Chirography
(gcide) | Chirography \Chi*rog"ra*phy\, n.
1. The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled
in chirography.
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2. The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.
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Telechirograph
(gcide) | Telechirograph \Tel`e*chi"ro*graph\, n. [Gr. th^le far + chei`r,
cheiro`s, hand + -graph.]
An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving
handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light
from a mirror.
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chirography
(wn) | chirography
n 1: beautiful handwriting [syn: calligraphy, penmanship,
chirography] |
CHIROGRAPHER
(bouvier) | CHIROGRAPHER. A word derived from the Greek, which signifies "a writing with
a man's hand." A chirographer is an officer of the English court of C. P.who
engrosses the fines, and delivers the indentures of them to the parties, &c.
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