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Chirograph a deed or other public instrument in writing, which anciently was attested by the subscription and crosses of witnesses: afterwards, to prevent frauds and concealment, people made their deeds of mutual covenant 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; which, being delivered to the two parties concerned, were proved authentic by matching with and answering one another. Deeds thus made were denominated syngrapha by the canonists, and with us chirographa, or hand writings. Chirograph was also used for a fine, the manner of engrossing which and cutting the parchment into two pieces was observed in the chirographer's office of the Court of Common Pleas until those assurances by matter of record were abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), 2 Bl. Com. 296...
Chirographer
Chirographer, an officer of the Common Pleas, who kept the fines. Abolished....
Fine
Fine, a sum of money or mulct imposed upon an offender, also called a ransom. See PENALTY.An amicable final agreement or compromise of a fictitious or actual suit to determine the true possessor of land, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 646.A sum of money paid by a tenant at his entrance into his land; or for the renewal of a lease; and see FINES IN COPYHOLDS.An assurance by matter of record, founded on a supposed previously existing right, abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74). In every fine, which was the compromise of a fictitious suit and resembled the transactio of the Romans, there was a suit supposed, in which the person who was to recover the thing was called the plaintiff, conusee, or recognisee, and the person who parted with the thing the deforceant, conusor, or recognisor. It was termed a fine for its worthiness, and the peace and quiet it brought with it'finis fructus exitus et effectus legis. There are five essential parts to the levying...
Chirograph
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...
Chirographer
One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing...
Chirographic
Of or pertaining to chirography...
Chirographist
A chirographer a writer or engrosser...
Note of a fine
Note of a fine, a brief of a fine made by the chirographer before it was engrossed. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74....
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