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CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 556 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLOSE (from See also:Lat. clausum, shut)  , a closed See also:place or enclosure . In See also:English See also:law, the See also:term is applied to a portion of See also:land, enddsed or not, held as private See also:property, and to any exclusive See also:interest in land sufficient to maintain an See also:action for trespass quare clausum fregit . ' The word is also used, particularly in See also:Scotland, of the entry or passage, including the See also:common See also:staircase, of a See also:block of See also:tenement houses, and in See also:architecture for the precincts of a See also:cathedral or See also:abbey . The See also:adjective " See also:close " (i.e. closed) is found in several phrases, such as " close See also:time " or " close See also:season " (see See also:GAME See also:LAws); close See also:borough, one of which the rights and privileges were enjoyed by a limited class (see BOROUGH); close rolls and'writs, royal letters, &c., addressed to particular persons, under See also:seal, and not open to public inspection (see See also:RECORD; See also:Chancery; LETTERS PATENT) .

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