close rolls

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close rolls - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CLOSE ROLLS, or close writs, Eng. law. Writs containing, grants from the 
  crown, to particular persons, and for particular purposes, and, not being 
  intended for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside, and 
  for that reason called close writs,in contradistinction. to 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.