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MUSTER

To assemble together troops and their arms, whether for inspection, drill, or service in the field. To take recruits into the service in the army and Inscribe their names on the muster-roll or official record. See Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen (Mass.) 498. Muster-master. One who superintended the muster to prevent frauds. St. 35 Eliz. c. 4. Master-book. A book in which the forces are registered. Termes de la Ley. Muster-roll. In maritime law. A list or account of a ship’s company, required to be kept by the master or other person having care of the ship, containing the name, age, national character, and quality of every person employed in the ship. Abb. Shipp. 191, 192; Jac. Sea Laws,

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