ENGROSS
To print a final copy of a document. In archaic
CRIMINAL LAW, engrossment was the process of
forcing higher the price of a good by buying it up
and creating a MONOPOLY.
Engrossment was used in ancient law where
the method of drawing up a written deed or
contract involved working out a rough draft and
then having the final terms of the instrument
copied legibly onto parchment paper. Today the
term denotes modern forms of copying, includ-
ing engraving or any other such form of print-
ing that will provide a legible final copy.
Engrossment is also used to describe a step
in the enactment of statutes. During the legisla-
tive process, a bill may be debated, read, altered,
or amended until it is ultimately passed in a final
form. The process of engrossing is the printing
