Conclude

[Lat. concludere, from con, together, and claudere, to shut.] To determine, finish, shut up, [or close.] Co. Litt, 37 a. To estop or bar a man to plead or claim any other thmg. Id, ibid. To bar or shut out; to shut up a party to a position which he has taken.* Thus, where a sheriflf has returned a capicLS that he has taken the defendant, he is concluded by such return, i. e. barred, shut out or estopped from questioning the return itself, or avoiding its legal effect in making him liable to the pfiinliflF.* Termes de la ley, Cowell.