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Parchment

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A document written on parchment.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Sheep-skins dressed for writing, so called from Pergamus, Asia Minor, where they were invented. Used for deeds, and used for writs of summons in England previous to the judicature act, 1875. Wharton.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Sheepskin dressed for writing. Formerly, extensively used for preserving evidence of grants and commissions issued by government, of judicial records, and of private conveyances of property. See Record, Judicial; Writing.