Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHI'RO-GRAPH, n. [Gr. χειρ, the hand, and γραφω, to write.]

1. Anciently a deed, which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written chirograph, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter-party. Encyc.
2. A fine, called from the manner of engrossing, which is still retained in the chirographer's office in England. – Ibm.