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Holograph

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Holograph [fr. Gk., all, and to write], a deed or writing, written entirely by the grantor himself. In Scotland such a deed is held probative without witnesses, and a holograph will is good, but it must appear in gremio to be holograph or must be proved before heritage can be carried by its terms.

A document (such or will or deed) that is entirely handwrites by its author, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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