Close Writs
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Writs directed to the sheriff instead of to the lord.
3 Reeve, Hist Eng. Law 45.
Writs containing grants from the crown to particular persons and for particular purposes, which, not being intended for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside, instead of being open and having the seal appended by a strip of parchment 2 Bla. Com. 346; Sewall, Sher. 372.