Hist. Also 7 starre, star. [ad. med.L. starrum, ad. late Heb. sh’ṭār a writing.] A Jewish deed or bond, esp. one of release or acquittance of debt.
1614. Selden, Titles Honor, 328. Whence the word Starrum or Starre for Acquitances or writen testimonies of Contracts is vsd.
1617. Purchas, Pilgrimage, II. x. § 7 (ed. 3), 172. Any such Starres or Deeds.
1656. Prynne, 2nd Pt. Short Demurrer Jews, 11. All their Deeds, Obligations, and Releases were usually called Stars, and Starra, Starrum, Starr.
1875. J. T. Fowler, in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl., III. 57. Starrs were written in Hebrew, Latin, or French.
1902. J. M. Rigg, Sel. Pleas, etc. Rolls, Introd. p. xix. A starr of acquittance entitled the debtor to cancellation and delivery of the duplicate or ‘foot’ (pes) of the chirograph.
