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master in chancery<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An officer appointed by a court of equity to assist the court. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. <\/span><\/strong>English law.<\/span><\/em> (usually capitalized) A senior official or clerk of a court of chancery<\/a> who assists the Chancellor in various duties such as inquiring into matters referred by the court, examining cases, taking oaths and affidavits, hearing testimony, and computing damages.\u00a0 *\u00a0 There were many Masters in Chancery at the same time. The office was abolished in 1897 and was <\/span><\/strong>replaced by the office of Ma<\/span><\/strong>ster of the Supreme Court<\/strong><\/span>. \u2014 aka master of the Chancery<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.
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1. An officer of the court.\u00a0 A referee in a suit in equity.\u00a0 An assistant of the chancellor having the function of performing acts, either judicial or ministerial in nature, which the chancellor may see fit, in accordance with equity practice, to require of him.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Ship \u00a7 113<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. In a court of chancery<\/a>, an officer of the court who assists the judge and performs such judicial duties (EXAMPLE: taking testimony) and ministerial duties (EXAMPLE: administering oaths) as the judge assigns.\u00a0 Many of the duties of a master in chancery are similar to those of a court commissioner or referee.<\/strong> <\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See master’s report<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from Emory Washburn’s Lectures on the Study and Practice of the Law<\/em><\/a> (1874):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c[l]t seems proper to notice one class of [officers of the courts of equity], as they constitute one of the means by \u2018which such courts take testimony and settle facts in questions which come before them; and that is Masters in Chancery.\u00a0 When such courts feel themselves incompetent to grant relief without some preliminary information, a reference of the matters is made to a master, who has power to procure such information for the purpose of satisfying the conscience of the court. To this end, he is authorized to examine witnesses or the parties themselves; and, after a hearing upon the matters referred to him, he reports the results at which he arrives to the court.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

Master of the Supreme Court<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nEnglish law<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An official of the Queen’s Bench and Chancery divisions of the Supreme Court who fills the several positions of master in the common-law courts, the Queen’s Coroner and Attorney, the Master of the Crown’s Office, record and writ clerks, and associates.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

master’s report<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A written report that a master or a master in chancery is required to file with the judge upon performing judicial duties.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: Emory Washburn, Lectures on the Study and Practice of the Law<\/em><\/a> 272-73 (1874)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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