Close

adj.

In practice. Closed or sealed up. A term applied to writs and letters, as distinguished from those that are open or patent

— Close copies. Copies of legal documents which might be written closely or loosely at pleasure; as distinguished from office copies, which were to contain only a prescribed number of words on each sheet.

— Close corporation. One in which the directors and officers have the power to fill vacancies in their own number, without allowing to the general body of stockholders any choice or vote in their election. McKim v. Odom, 3 Bland (Md.) 416, note.

— Close rolls. Rolls containing the reconi of the close write (literœ clauses) and grants of the king, kept with the public records. 2 Bl. Comm. 346.

— Close season. In game and fish laws, this term means the season of the year in which the taking of particular game or fish is prohibited, or in which all hunting or fishing is forbidden by law. State v. Theriault, 70 Vt. 617, 41 A(I. 1080, 43 L. R. A. 290, 67 Am. St. Rep. 695.

— Close writs. In English law. Certain letters of the king, sealed with his great seal, and directed to particular persons and for particular purposes, which, not being proper for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside, and are thence calied "writs close." 2 Bl. Comm. 346; Sewell, Sheriffs, 372. Write directed to the sheriff, instead of to the lord. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 45.