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Prothonotaries, officers in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, who were superseded by the masters, 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 30; 1 Steph. Com. they were, however, continued in the Courts of Common Pleas at Durham and Lancaster. See now DISTRICT REGISTRARS.