special master
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910)
United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 3626 — as used in this section
the term “special master” means any person appointed by a Federal court pursuant to Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or pursuant to any inherent power of the court to exercise the powers of a master, regardless of the title or description given by the court; and
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Master in Black's Law Dictionary.