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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chirograph
 證書,親筆證書

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chi·ro·graph n.  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.
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