judgment roll

noun

1

: a parchment roll or a book containing a record of the proceedings and judgment of a case in a court of law

the cost of transcribing the judgment roll

—Ward v. Cruse

2

: a roll of papers constituted by a collection of the original records of a judicial proceeding

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