shetarn.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. ix. 328 Rabbins expresse their Deeds, Releases, Obligations and the like by the name of..Shetar or Setar, whence the word Starrum or Starre for Acquitances or writen testimonies of Contracts is vsd.]

1754 J. Grove Reply Famous Jew Question 56 We have already spoke of these Archæ, or common Chests, and the Shetar, or Star, contained in them.

1818 R. H. Eden Rep. Cases High Court of Chancery I. 325/2 There is a copy of a Hebrew instrument, which gives the form of a certificate called a shetar or starr, taken from the records of the Exchequer.

1890 Jewish Q. Rev. 2 528 Aalion, son of Abram, is probably identical with the Aaron who signed with others the Shetar published by Mr. Davis.

1936 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 19 62 There are nearly 200 Shtarrs and almost as large a number of analogous documents such as lists of debts, registers of Bonds, royal Precepts to the Chirographers of Norwich and so on.

1975 Jewish Social Stud. 37 85/1 Our richest source of information for the study of Jewish life in the Maghreb lies in the countless tomes of rabbinic responsa, halakhic works and shtarot.

2011 B. Geva Payment Order of Antiq. & Middle Ages vii. 317 Under the Talmud, to be transferable, a documentary note of indebtedness must be a shetar.