Crossword-Solution: APOGRAPH 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 16

There does not appear to have been any fraudulent intention to improperly acquire any land or other benefit, though such a counterfeit in these days would be fraught with risk to all parties concerned; but in the time of Elizabeth, the law of real property rested less on statute and more on the unwritten law; which was interpreted and applied loosely and without supervision.[B] The effect of this _ex post facto_ apograph was twofold and benefited both sides.