Chirographer definition

Chirographer





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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chirographer \Chi*rog"ra*pher\, n.
     1. One who practice the art or business of writing or
        engrossing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. See {chirographist}, 2.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Chirographer of fines} (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the
        court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.
        [1913 Webster] Chirographic

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CHIROGRAPHER. A word derived from the Greek, which signifies "a writing with 
  a man's hand." A chirographer is an officer of the English court of C. P.who 
  engrosses the fines, and delivers the indentures of them to the parties, &c. 
  
   
  
  

















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