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

MASTER OF THE ROLLS. Eng. law. An officer who bears this title, and who acts as
an assistant to the lord chancellor, in the court of chancery. 

This officer was formerly one of the clerks in chancery whose duty was
principally confined to keeping the rolls; and when the clerks in chancery
became masters, then this officer became distinguished as master of the rolls.

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