Rolls
Definitions
- (n.) Official lists or registers, often of important documents or records, maintained for legal or administrative purposes.
The court inspected the rolls to verify the historical ownership of the property.
- (n.) In English legal history, printed legal records or law reports compiled in volumes called 'Rolls'.
The Rolls provided essential precedents for the adjudication of the case.
- (v.) Third-person singular present of roll, meaning to move or cause to move by turning over and over.
The clerk rolls the deed before filing it with the court.
Forms
- roll
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Commentary
In legal contexts, 'rolls' often refers to formal registers or records, notably in historical English law; recognizing when it is simply an inflection of 'roll' avoids redundancy in legal definitions.
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