roll

Record of the proceedings of a court or public office.

See judgment roll, below.

A register; list of persons belonging to particular group.

See also roster

In taxation, the list or record of taxable persons and property, as compiled by assessors.

See tax roll, below.

@ judgment roll

Such is required to be filed in certain states by the clerk when he enters judgment. It normally contains the summons, pleadings, admissions, and each judgment and each order involving the merits or necessarily affecting the final judgment. New York C.P.L.R. No. 5017.

In the federal and most state courts, judgments are recorded in the "civil docket" (Fed.R.Civil P. 79) or "criminal docket" (Fed.R.Crim.P. 55).

In old English practice, a roll of parchment containing the entries of the proceedings in an action at law to the entry of judgment inclusive, and which was filed in the treasury of the court.

@ tax roll

A schedule or list of the persons and property subject to the payment of a particular tax, with the amounts severally due, prepared and authenticated in proper form to warrant the collecting officers to proceed with the enforcement of the tax

+ tax roll

The official record maintained by cities and towns listing the names of taxpayers and the assessed property

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2. roll, verb

To rob by force