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Sheep-scab. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (see AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MINISTRY OF) may, by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 43), make an order 'for prescribing, regulating, and securing the periodical treatment of all sheep by effective dipping, or by the use of some other remedy for sheep scab.' For descriptions of the disease see extracts from Board of Agriculture 'Sheep-scab Order' in Chitty's Statutes, and Maclean v. Laidlaw, 1909 SC (J) 68....
Master and servant
Master and servant, a relation whereby a person calls in the assistance of others, where his own skill and labour are not sufficient to carry out his own business or purpose. See LABOURERS.Servants are of several descriptions:- 1st Servants in husbandry. These are very generally hired by the year, as from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and this is an entire hiring for a year; and, unless otherwise stipulated, no wages are payable until the end of the year. Consult Burn's Justice, tit. 'Servants.'2nd Servants in particular trades. These (who are now more frequently termed 'workmen,' their masters being termed 'employers') are subject to the control of the magistrates under the (English) Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90), and by the Truck Acts (see that title) their wages must be paid in coin.3rd Apprentices. These are placed with the master to learn his trade, with a view hereafter of following it themselves. See APPRENTICE.4th Menial or domestic servants. If no terms be ...
Master
Master [fr. meester, Dut.; maistre, Fr.; magister, Lat.], a director; a governor; a teacher; one who has servants; the head of a college; the captain of a ship; an officer of the Supreme Court; and see MASTERS.It means--(a) in relation to any vessel or aircraft means any person, other than a pilot, harbour master, assistant harbour master or berthing master, having for the time being the charge or control of such vessel or aircraft, as the case maybe; and(b) in relation to any boat belonging to a ship, means the master of that ship. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (g)]Includes any person (except a pilot or harbour master) having command or charge of a ship. [Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 3(22)]In relation to any vessel or any aircraft making use of any port, means any person having for the time being the charge or control of such vessel or such aircraft, as the case may be, except a pilot, harbour master, assistant harbour master, dock master or berthing master o...
Masters of the Supreme Court
Masters of the Supreme Court, in the King's Bench Division, officials, seven in number, deriving their title from the (English) Jud. (Officers) Act, 1879 (see now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 106, 122, Sched. III., Part I.), and filling the places of the Masters of the Common Law Courts, the King's Coroner and Attorney, the Master of the Crown Office, the two Record and Writ Clerks, and the three Associates. Their jurisdiction is mainly to hear summonses for directions (see DIRECTIONS, SUMMONS FOR), to supervise pleadings, and decide as to discovery. There are also Masters in the Chancery Division who have succeeded to the position and powers of the Chief Clerks of the Chancery judges, the title of 'Master of the Supreme Court' having been substituted for that of 'Chief Clerk in 1897. Under the present system there are three sets of Chancery Chambers, each with four Masters and attached to two judges. The duties of the Masters are to hear summonses for directions, take accounts and answer inqui...
Sheep
Sheep, injury to, by dogs, action for, under the Dogs Act, 1906, and the Amendment Act of 1928. See DOG. As to cruelty by allowing them to become infested with maggots, see Potter v. Challans, (1910) 102 LT 324.Sheep of a tenant are exempt from distress for rent conditionally i.e. if there be other sufficient distress on the demised premises, by the Statute of Marlbridge (51 Hen. 3, s. 4), and this exemption extends to the sheep of an under-tenant, Keen v. Priest, (1859) 28 LJ Ex 157....
master
master 1 : an individual or entity (as a corporation) having control or authority over another: as a : the owner of a slave b : employer compare servant c : principal 2 : an officer of the court appointed (as under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53) to assist a judge in a particular case by hearing and reporting on the case, sometimes by making findings of fact and conclusions of law, and by performing various related functions NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a master may be a magistrate or else may be a person with some special expertise in the matter. The word master as used in the Federal Rules encompasses a referee, an auditor, an examiner, and an assessor. If the master makes findings of fact, they are reviewable by the court except when the case is not to be tried to the jury and the findings are clearly erroneous, or when the parties have stipulated that the master's findings are to be final. adj : being the principal or controlling one : governing...
Masterly
Suitable to or characteristic of a master indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power showing a masters hand as a masterly design a masterly performance a masterly policy...
Master in lunacy
Master in lunacy, an officer of the Lord Chancellor who executes commissions and conduct inquires connected with persons of unsound mind and their estates, and carries out such other duties as are prescribed by the rules in lunacy and directions of the judge in lunacy [(English) Lunacy Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5), s. 111], and Lunacy Act, 1891, s. 27, conferring on the master the jurisdiction of a judge in lunacy as regards administration and management of estates subject to review by the judge. There were originally two masters, but now there is only one and an assistant master: (English) Lunacy Act, 192, and (English) Administration of Justice (Misc. Prov.) Act, 1933, s. 8. The office of the master is now known as the (English) Management and Administration Department (Patients' Estates Rules, 1934, r. 8). See also Lunacy Act, 1908, s. 1; (English) Mental Deficiency Act, 1930, s. 5; The (English) Mental Treatment Rules, 1930 (S.R.&O. 1930, No. 1083); and (English) Patients' Estate...
maned sheep
A type of wild sheep Ammotragus lervia of northern Africa called also Barbary sheep and aoudad...
Sheep-silver
Sheep-silver, a service turned into money, which was paid in respect that anciently the tenants used to wash the lord's sheep....
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