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Close Rolls. (See Close Rolls.)
“Clause Rolls contain all such matters of record as were committed to close writs. These Rolls are preserved in the Tower.”—Jacob; Law Dictionary.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.