Open

Manifest; apparent; outward; overt; public; not concealed; not closed, settled or fixed. Open account: an unsettled account between two persons having dealings with one anothet. Open corporation: a corporation in which all members have a voice in the election of ofl Scers. Open policy: a policy of insurance in which the amount of interest is not fixed, but left to be ascertained by the insured, in case of loss.

In old English law

Open law: the trial by duel or ordeal. In Scots la^o. Open doors: letters of open doors are process authorizing the ofl Scer to break open the doors of places in which the goods of a debtor are deposited. In Saxon law. Open theft: manifest theft, — same with furtum manifestum.