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Associate, was an officer in each of the Courts of Common Law, appointed by the chief judge of the Court, and holding his office dum bene se gesserit (15 & 16 Vict. c. 73); his duties being to superintend the entry of causes; to attend the sittings of Nisi Prius, and there receive and enter verdicts; to draw up the posteas (the indorsement of the result on the record), and any orders of Nisi Prius. The associates were made officers of the Supreme Court by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, and were given by title of 'Masters of the Supreme Court' by the (English) Judicature (Officers) Act, 1879. This latter provision has been repealed clerks of the Associates Department of the Crown Office Department of the Central Office of the Supreme Court now perform these duties. See CLERK OF ASSIZE.

A person is an associate of an individual if person is that individual's husband or wife, or is a relative, or the husband or wife of a relative, of the individual or of the individual's husband or wife. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(2), 4th Edn., Para 5, p. 9.