Letters Close
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Close letters are grants of the king, and, being of private concern, they are thus distinguished from "letters patent."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Letters commonly sealed with the royal signet, or privy seal, 80 called in contradistinction to letters patent which were left open and sealed with the broad seal. They are sometimes called Letters Claus. Whart. Lex. See Close Roll. “LETTERS OF ABSOLUTION. Letters whereby, in former times, an abbot released a monk ab omni subfectione et obedientia, etc., and enabled him to enter some other religious order. Jacob.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. Close letters are grants of the king, and, being of private concern, they are thus distinguished from letters patent.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Engl. law. Close letters are grants of the king, and being of private concern, they are thus distinguished from letters tent.