MATRICULA
\matɹˈɪkjʊlə], \matɹˈɪkjʊlə], \m_a_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə]\
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court of chancery, who holds a separate court ranking next to that of the lord chancellor, and lias the keeping of the rolls and grants which pass the great seal, and the records of the chancery. He was originally appointed only for the superintendence of the writs and records appertaining to the common-law department of the court, and is still properly the chief of the masters in chancery. 3 Steph. Comm. 417. Under the act constituting the supreme court of judicature, the master of the rolls he- comes a judge of the high court of justice and ex officio a member of the court of appeal. The same act. however, provides for the abolition of this office, under certain conditions, when the next vacancy occurs. See 31! & .17 Viet. c. 66,
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).