MAST. To fatten with mast, (acorns, ete.) 1 Leon. 186.

court of chancery, who holds a separate court ranking next to that of the lord chancellor, and has the keeping of the rolls and grants which pass the great seal, and the records of the chancery. e was originally appointed only for the superintendence of the writs and records appertaining to the common-law department of the court, and is still properly the chief of the masters in chancery. 3 Steph. Comm. 417. Under the act constituting the supreme court of judicature, the master of the rolls becomes a judge of the high court of justice and ez officio a member of the court of appeal. The same act, however, provides for the abolition of this office, under certain conditions, when the next vacancy occurs. See 36 & 37 Vict. c. 66, $5.31, 32.—Masters of the supreme court. n English law. Officials deriving their title from Jud. (Officers’) Act 1879, and being, or filling the places of, the sixteen masters of the common-law courts, the queen’s coroner and attorney, the master of the crown office, the two record and writ clerks, and the three associates. Wharton.—Master of the Temple. The chief ecclesiastical functionary of the Temple Church.—Master’s report. The formal report or statement made by a master in chancery of his decision on any question referred to him, or of any facts or action he has been directed to ascertain or take.—Special master. A master in chancery appointed to act as the representative of the court in some particular act or transaction, as, to make a sale of property under a decree. Guaranty Trust, etc., Co. v. Delta & Pine Land Co., 104 Fed. 5, 43 C.