Press
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old practice. A piece or skin of parchment, several of which used to be sewed together in making up a roll or record of proceedings.
See 1 Bl. Comm. 183; Townsh. PI. 486.
Metaphorically, the aggregate of publications issuing from the press, or the giving publicity to one's sentiments and opinions through the medium of printing; as in the phrase "liberty of the press."