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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chirograph — (griechisch: Handschrift) ist die Bezeichnung für: im römischen Recht eine Vertragsurkunde, die ihre Beweiskraft aus der Handschrift des Verpflichteten bezieht nach dem 10. Jahrhundert auch die Bezeichnung für eine Charta partita briefliche… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chirograph — Chirogrāph (grch.), Handschrift; Schuldschein; chirogrāphisch, was auf handschriftlichen Versicherungen beruht; chirographischer Gläubiger, s.v.w. Buchgläubiger (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Chirograph — A chirograph (cyrograph) is the term given to a medieval document, which has been written in duplicate, triplicate or very occasionally quadruplicate on a single piece of parchment, where the Latin word chirographum (or equivalent) has been… … Wikipedia
Chirograph — Lit. written by hand . The chirograph or cyrographum in the Latin of the records was an *indenture. Such documents were records of a transaction, e.g. of land changing hands. They were used by the AS, before seals replaced them, allowing all… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
chirograph — /kayragrsef/ In civil and canon law, an instrument written out and subscribed by the hand of the party who made it, whether the king or a private person. In old English law, a deed or indenture; also the last part of a fine of land, called more… … Black's law dictionary
chirograph — /kayragrsef/ In civil and canon law, an instrument written out and subscribed by the hand of the party who made it, whether the king or a private person. In old English law, a deed or indenture; also the last part of a fine of land, called more… … Black's law dictionary
Chirograph — Chi|ro|graph 〈[ çi ] m. 16〉 = Chirograf * * * Chirograph [ç ; griechisch »Handschrift«] das, s/ en, eine Form der Urkunde, deren Beweiskraft in der eigenhändigen Unterschrift oder Unterzeichnung (oft in Kreuzform) lag. Seit dem 10 … Universal-Lexikon
Chirograph — Средневековый документ, выполненный обычно в двух экземплярах одной и той же рукой … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Chirograph — Chi|ro|graph 〈 [çi ] n.; Gen.: en, Pl.: en〉 = Chirographum; oV … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
