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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

A schedule of parchment ee which may be turned up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube.

Jacob. Figuratively it signifies the records of a court or office. In Pennsylvania the master of the rolls was aa officer in whose office were recorded the acts of the legislature. 1 Smith’s Laws, 46.