chirographic
- adjective
- /ˌkaɪrəˈɡræfɪk/
- Archaic
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quirografico
- The museum displayed a rare chirographic agreement from the twelfth century.
Examples
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A chirographic contract was often split so each party kept a matching piece.
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The chirographic evidence was crucial for the case.
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Scholars studied the chirographic records to understand medieval property laws.
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He studied a chirographic document from the 18th century.
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The museum displayed a rare chirographic agreement from the twelfth century.
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Scholars studied the chirographic records to understand medieval property laws.
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A chirographic contract was often split so each party kept a matching piece.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word chirographic comes from chiro- 'hand' and -graph 'write' and points to an old document called a chirograph that was written by hand and then cut so each party kept a matching piece. That's why chirographic can describe a legal record that was handwritten and split between people.
