Magister
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I. A master or ruler; a chief vated above others by office, position, thority and example we follow; one eminence in a science or in literature of any matter devolves. Magister things; usage is a principal guide in In old English law. Magister master ^n chancery. In the civil law. A title of office in eqnituni: master of the horse. requests. Magister navis: the master or o Uiciorum: master of the palace cietatis: master of a partnership; agent of a partnership.