1. A clerk’s notation on a parchment roll of the proceedings and issues in a particular case. • Before parties began submitting written pleadings, they would appear (in person or through counsel) in open court and state their respective contentions orally until they settled on the issue or precise point in dispute. During the progress of these oral statements, an appointed officer of the court would make minutes of the various proceedings on a parchment roll that then became the official record of the suit. Even after the practice of oral pleadings had fallen into disuse, proceedings continued to be entered “on the roll.” This practice was abolished early in the 19th century.
2. A future interest created in a transferor who conveys an estate on condition subsequent.
