Special master
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A master in chancery appointed to act as the representative of the court in some particular aet 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. C. A. 396; Pewabic Min. Co. v. Mason. 145 U. S. 349 , 12 Sup. Ct. 887, 36 L. Ed. 732.