Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The records of a court. See roll.

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Examples

  • Ball ... preserved in the chronicles and the judicial proceedings, we should never have guessed from a mere study of court-rolls that there had been an earth-shaking convulsion in 1381 (64).

    History of the 1831 Peasants' Rebellion 2007

  • "Taking into account a combination of factors, including inflation since the (Criminal Procedure) Act became operational, trends in fines imposed by the courts, overburdened court-rolls and the number of awaiting-trial prisoners, Cabinet agreed that the amount in relevant applications of the act should be increased ... to R5000."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • "Auster" is "Astrum" in the oldest court-rolls, and that the term is not confined to North Curry, but is very prevalent in the eastern half of

    Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 Various

  • The tenements held in villenage of the lord of a manor, at least where they consisted of a messuage or dwelling-house, are often called _astra_ in our older books and court-rolls.

    Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 Various

  • The court-rolls which testified to the villeins 'services were burnt, and lawyers and all others connected with the courts were put to death without mercy.

    A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Samuel Rawson Gardiner 1865

  • "All records are destroyed, the registers and court-rolls are carried off; and the deposits violated."

    The French Revolution - Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860

  • Mr Hunter has found, in the court-rolls of the manor of Wakefield, the name of 'Robertus Hood,' as that of the defendant in a suit relative to a small piece of land, in the ninth year of Edward II.

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 Various 1841

  • The ministry said that moving to a no-fault system would enable it to end "long delays inherent in a litigious, dispute-ridden system" and would also relieve enormous pressure on court-rolls currently over-burdened with tens of thousands of pending RAF cases.

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • The ministry said that moving to a no-fault system would enable it to end "long delays inherent in a litigious, dispute-ridden system" and would also relieve enormous pressure on court-rolls currently over-burdened with tens of thousands of pending RAF cases.

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • "These rights of bourgeoisie are well established, set forth in all court-rolls and acknowledgments rendered to the king and perpetuated by numerous admissions the motives that have led former stewards and fermiers to interrupt the collection of these cannot be divined.

    The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

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