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Clausum

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from claudere, q. v.] In old English law. Close. A term applied to writs. Clausum vel aperturn; close or open. Bract, fol.

1 88, 372 b.

See Close. A close.

3 Bl. Com. 209. 1 Salk. 254.

Infra clausum; within the close. Bract, fol.

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