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Definition of Marshal In the King’s Bench Division of the High Court, a marshal is an officer who attends each Judge on circuit in a personal capacity.The Marshal of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division in Admiralty matters is entrusted with execution of warrants and orders of the Court […]

Definition of Marshalling Where there are two creditors of the same debtor, ancf one creditor has a right to resort to two funds of the debtor for payment of his debt, and the other creditor has the right to resort only to one fund, the Court will order the first creditor to be paid out…

Definition of Master And Servant The relation of master and servant exists when the master has the right at the moment to control the manner in which the servant shall act, e.g., a clerk is a servant: an opera singer is not. A master is liable for the act or default of his servant committed…

Definition of Master In Lunacy An officer of the Lord Chancellor, as guardian of lunatics, and the administrator of their property. He makes inquiries into the state of mind of persons alleged to be insane Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Master In […]

Definition of Master Of The Grown Office A Master of the Supreme Court who files criminal informations in the Court of King’s Bench upon the relation or complaint of private persons. See King’s Coroner; Information Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

Definition of Master Of The Mint The Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Coinage Act, 1870.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Master Of The Mint in the Dictionaries, Master Of The Mint in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]

Definition of Master Of The Rolls He was originally keeper of the records and assistant to the Lord Chancellor. Subsequently, in the reign of Edward I, he acquired judicial authority in the Court of Chancery. In more modern times any suit, petition, etc., could be heard in the first instance […]

Definition of Master V. Miller ((1791), 4 T. R. 320). An unauthorised alteration of the date of a bill of exchange after acceptance, whereby the payment would be accelerated, avoids the instrument ; and no action can be afterwards brought upon it, even by an innocent holder for a valuable […]

Definition of Masters In Chancery They were assistants of the Lord Chancellor, and of the Master of the Rolls. They eat in chambers for the discharge of functions which were partly ministerial and partly judicial. The Court of Chancery Act, 1852, abolished the Masters and provided for the […]

Definition of Masters Of The Supreme Court These consist of (1) the Masters in the Chancery Division ; (2) the seven Masters of the King’s Bench Division, who superseded the Masters of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer ; (3) the eleven Masters of the Supreme Court who carry out the […]