An enclosed land, especially in medieval law; a piece of ground enclosed or fenced off as private property.
From Latin clausum (closed, enclosed), past participle of claudere. Used in English legal history to describe landholdings with defined boundaries.
The concept of 'clausum' is foundational to property law—it's the medieval legal idea that land becomes 'yours' when it's enclosed and defended, which still echoes in modern boundary disputes.
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