From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chirograph \Chi"ro*graph\, noun [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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