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INROLLMENT (law)


INROLLMENT. The act of putting upon a roll. Formerly, the record of a suit was kept on skins of parchment, which, best to preserve them, were kept upon was kept on skins of parchment, which, best to preserve them, were kept upon a roll or in the form of a roll; what was written upon them was called the a roll or in the form of a roll; what was written upon them was called the inrollment. After, when such records came to be kept in books, the making up inrollment. After, when such records came to be kept in books, the making up of the record retained the old name of inrollment. of the record retained the old name of inrollment.