Counterpart
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Formerly, each party to an indenture executed a separate deed: that part which was executed by the grantor was called the original, and the rest the counterparts. It is now usual for all the parties to execute every part; and this makes them all originals.
2 Bla. Com. 296.
In granting lots subject to a ground-rent reserved to the grantor, both parties execute the deeds, of which there are two copies; although ' both are original, one of them is sometimes called the counterpart.
See 12 Vin. Abr. 104; Dane, Abr. Index; 7 Com. Dig. 443; Merlin, Rep. Double Ecrit.