grants dispensations; as to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited, and the like. Bac. Abr. Ecclesiastical Courts,” A, 5.—Magister ho-~ norum vendendorum. In Roman law, a person appointed by judicial authority to inventory, collect, and sell ‘the property of an absent or absconding debtor for the benefit of his creditors; he was generally one of the creditors, and his functions corresponded generally to those of a receiver or an assignee for the benefit of creditors under modern practice. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 521.— ter cancellariss. In old English law. {aster of the chancery; master in chancery. These officers were said to be called “magtstri,” because they were priests. Latch, 133.—Magister