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See also:MASTER OF THE ROLLS , the third member of the Supreme See also:Court of Judicature in See also:England, the See also:lord See also:chancellor, See also:president of the See also:chancery See also:division, being the first, and the lord See also:chief See also:justice, president of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench division, being the second. At first he was the See also:principal clerk of the chancery, and as such had See also:charge of the records of the court, especially of the See also:register of See also:original writs and of all See also:patents and grants under the See also:Great See also:Seal. Until the end of the 15th See also:century he was called either the clerk or the keeper of the rolls, and he is still formally designated as the master or keeper of the rolls. The earliest mention of him as master of the rolls is in an See also:act of 1495; and in another act of the same See also:year he is again described as clerk of the rolls, showing that his See also:official designation still remained unsettled. About the same See also:period, however, the chief clerks of the chancery came to be called masters in chancery, and the clerk, master or keeper of the rolls was always the first among them, whichever name they See also:bore. In course of See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, from causes which are not very easy to trace, his original functions as keeper of the records passed away from him and he gradually assumed a See also:jurisdiction in the court of chancery second only to that of the lord chancellor himself. In the beginning he only heard causes in See also:con-junction with the other masters in chancery, and his decrees were invalid until they had been approved and signed by the lord chancellor. Sitting in the Rolls See also:chapel or in the court in Rolls yard, he heard causes without assistance, and his decrees held See also:good until they were reversed on See also:petition either to the lord chancellor or afterwards to the lords justices of See also:appeal. Before any See also:judge with the formal See also:title of See also:vice-chancellor was appointed the master of the rolls was often spoken of as vice-chancellor, and in theory acted as such, sitting only when the lord chancellor was not sitting and holding his court in the evening from six o'See also:clock to ten. Only since 1827 has the master of the rolls sat in the See also:morning See also:hours. By the Public See also:Record See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office Act 1838 the custody of the records was restored to him, and he is chairman of the See also:State Papers and See also:Historical See also:Manuscripts Commissions. Under the Judicature Act 1875, and the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, he now always sits with the lords justices in the court of appeal (which usually sits in two divisions of three See also:judges, the master of the rolls presiding over one division), whose decisions can be questioned only in the See also:House of Lords. The master of the rolls was formerly eligible to a seat in the House of See also:Commons—a See also:privilege enjoyed by no other member of the judicial bench;' but he was deprived of it by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873, which provides that all judges of the High Court of Justice and the court of appeal shall be incapable of being elected to or sitting in the
House of Commons. The master of the rolls is always sworn of the privy See also:council. His See also:salary is £6000 a year.
See Lord See also:Hardwicke, Office of the Master of the Rolls.
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