Clausum

Close; closed. A writ was either clausum (close) or apertum (open). Grants were said to be by literae patentae (open grant) or literae clausae (close grant). 2 Bl. Comm. 346. A close; an inclosure.

In Old English Law. Close. Closed. A writ was either clausum (close) or apertum (open). Grants were said to be by literce patents (open grant) or literce clauses (close grant); 2 Bla. Com. 346. A close. An enclosure. Occurring In the phrase quare clausum fregit (Rucker v. Mc Neely, 4 Blackf. [Ind.] 181), it denotes in this sense only realty in which the plaintiff has some exclusive interest, whether for a limited or unlimited time or for special or for general purposes; 1 Chit. PI. 174; Austin v. Sawyer, 9 Cow. (N. Y.) 39; 6 East 606.

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In old English law. A close; an enclosure. Clansum fregit: he broke the close. Technical words formerly used in certain actions of trespass, and still retained in the phrase qiiare clausum fregit: the breaking of a close. Clansum Paschse: the close of Easter; the octave of Easter, i. e. the eighth day after the feast of Easter. So called because it closed the feast

Close, closed up, sealed. Inclosed, as a parcel of land.

I. 1. Clause. 2. A close. Clausum fregit: he broke

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. 97 b.