clerks of Records and Writs

clerks of Records and Writs
Officers formerly attached to the English court of chancery, whose duties consisted principally in sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution, filing affidavits, etc. By the judicature (officers') act, 1879, they were transferred to the central office of the supreme court, under the title of "Masters of the Supreme Court," and the office has been abolished

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