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Court Rolls

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Court Rolls, a book,or series of books, in which an account of all the proceedings and transactions of the customary court of a manor was entered by a person duly authorized. The person who makes the entries is the steward, and the court rolls are kept by him,but subject to the right of the tenants to inspect them.

Copyhold tenure was abolished by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, but the Law of Property (Amendent) Act contains provisions for the preservation and superintendence of Court Rolls, ibid. 2nd Sched. II. See MANORIAL DOCUMENTS; Williams on Real Property. Consult Scriven or Elton on Copyholds

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