Associate
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
An officer in each of the English courts of common law, appointed by the chief judge of the court, and holding his attend the sittings of nisi prius, an receive and enter verdicts, and to dray the posteas and any orders of nisi The associates are now oflicers of the Suap Court of Judicature, and are styled “M of the Supreme Court.” Wharton. A person associated with the judges an clerk of assise in the commission of gener jail delivery, Mozley & Whitley. The term is frequently used of the ju of appellate courts, other than the presidit judge or chief justice.