noun: (law, historical) A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
noun: (law, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
noun: (obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
