Masters of the High Court
Inferior judicial officers of the Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions of the High Court. Their principal function is to supervise interim proceedings in litigation and (especially in the Chancery Division) to take accounts. By convention, Chancery Masters used to be solicitors and Queen’s Bench Masters used to be barristers. In the provinces, a comparable jurisdiction is exercised by district judges of the High Court. See also district registry.

• private law
• private life
• private member’s Bill
• private nuisance
• privatization
• privilege
• privileged communication
• privileged will
• privilege of witness
• privity
• privity of contract
• privity of estate
• Privy Council
• prize court
• probate
• probate action
• Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
• probate registry
• probation hostel
• probation officer
• pro bono publico
• procedural impropriety
• procedure
• process
• procurator fiscal