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The concept of tearing a document in half is an age old authentication mechanism. This is where we get the lega terminology "party of the first part" and "party

by ChinoD 7y ago

The concept of tearing a document in half is an age old authentication mechanism. This is where we get the lega terminology "party of the first part" and "party of the second part": a deed to land would be written out by a scrivener in duplicate on parchment, and then the parchment would be cut in half by hand using a scalloped cut. Matching up the halves would authenticate the title of the grantee.

nsajko 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indenture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indenture > The term comes from the medieval English "indenture of retainer"[1] — a legal contract written in duplicate on the same sheet, with the copies separated by cutting along a jagged (toothed, hence the term "indenture") line so that the teeth of the two parts could later be refitted to confirm authenticity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirograph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirograph > A chirograph is a medieval document, which has been written in duplicate, triplicate or very occasionally quadruplicate (four copies) on a single piece of parchment, with the Latin word chirographum (occasionally replaced by some other term) written across the middle, and then cut through to separate the parts.
gist 7y ago
I am curious if that is something that is taught at law school or just something that is picked up over time (like anything else related or unrelated to a person's career)? [1] [1] I am thinking that the vast majority of info that I know about business was not learned in business school.
jbverschoor 7y ago
Or you have a stock market. Where you break a stick (Dutch: stok) in half and match pairs
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Similarly, talley sticks. Responsible for the 1834 burning of Parliament: https://addiator.blogspot.com/2011/05/tally-sticks-and-burning-of-parliament.html https://addiator.blogspot.com/2011/05/tally-sticks-and-burni...

by ChinoD 7y ago

nsajko 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indenture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indenture > The term comes from the medieval English "indenture of retainer"[1] — a legal contract written in duplicate on the same sheet, with the copies separated by cutting along a jagged (toothed, hence the term "indenture") line so that the teeth of the two parts could later be refitted to confirm authenticity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirograph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirograph > A chirograph is a medieval document, which has been written in duplicate, triplicate or very occasionally quadruplicate (four copies) on a single piece of parchment, with the Latin word chirographum (occasionally replaced by some other term) written across the middle, and then cut through to separate the parts.

gist 7y ago

I am curious if that is something that is taught at law school or just something that is picked up over time (like anything else related or unrelated to a person's career)? [1] [1] I am thinking that the vast majority of info that I know about business was not learned in business school.

jbverschoor 7y ago

Or you have a stock market. Where you break a stick (Dutch: stok) in half and match pairs

dredmorbius 7y ago
Similarly, talley sticks. Responsible for the 1834 burning of Parliament: https://addiator.blogspot.com/2011/05/tally-sticks-and-burning-of-parliament.html https://addiator.blogspot.com/2011/05/tally-sticks-and-burni...