Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier, CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

MASTER AT COMMON LAW, Eng. law. An officer of the superior courts of law, who
has authority for taking affidavits sworn in court, and administering a variety
of oaths; and also empowered to compute principal and interest on bills of
exchange and other engagements, on which suit has been brought; he has also the
power of an examiner of witnesses going abroad, and the like.

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