Close Rolls
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Rolls containing the record of the close writs (literae elausae) and grants of the king, kept with the public records. 2 Bl. Comm. 346.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Rolls containing the record of the close writs (Uteres clausce) and grants of the king, kept with the public records. 2 Bla. Com. 346. See Letters Close; Rolls.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Rolls containing the reconi of the close write (literœ clauses) and grants of the king, kept with the public records. 2 Bl. Comm. 346.
Defined under Close in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Rolls containing the record of the close writs (diter@ elause) and grants of the king, kept with the public rec. ordg. 2 Bl. Comm. 346.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
or close writs, Engl. law, are writs containing grants from the crown, to particular persons, and for particular purposes, and, not being intended for public inspection, are closed up and scaled on the outside, and for that reason called close writs, in contradistinction from grants relating to the public in general, which are left open and not sealed up, and are called letters-patent. (q. v.) 2 Bl. Com. 346.