There is a Duty Master – and I'm not even sure that that is his title – although he is a Master which is a sort of subset of the judiciary.

“His title”........ “He is a Master”... ahem!

He or she ..... is a Master.

If you happen to get a Master who is female, still address them as ‘Master’. I wouldn’t like to see/hear the result if someone decided to call them “Mistress”!

Yes, very drole.

Thank you

The Sign Of A Mathematical Genius

A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his 3 sons.

When his sons opened up the Will it read:.....

My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses;

My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses.

My youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total

Horses.

As it's impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the

Three sons started to fight with each other. So, they decided to go

To a farmer friend who they considered quite smart, to see if he could

Work it out for them.

The farmer friend read the Will patiently, and after giving due

Thought he brought one of his own horses over and added it to the 17.

That increased the total to 18 horses.

Now, he divided the horses according to their father's will:

Half of 18 = 9 So he gave the eldest son 9 horses.

1/3 rd. Of 18 = 6. So he gave the middle son 6 horses.

1/9 th of 18 = 2. So he gave the youngest son 2 horses

Now add up how many horses they have:

Eldest son got - 9

Middle son got - 6

Youngest son got - 2

TOTAL = 17

Now this leaves one horse left over, so the farmer friend takes his horse

Back to his farm...

Problem solved!....................... ..........................Go Figure.

The Sign Of A Mathematical Genius

A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his 3 sons.

When his sons opened up the Will it read:.....

 

My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses;

My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses.

My youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total

Horses.

 

As it's impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the

Three sons started to fight with each other. So, they decided to go

To a farmer friend who they considered quite smart, to see if he could

Work it out for them.

 

The farmer friend read the Will patiently, and after giving due

Thought he brought one of his own horses over and added it to the 17.

That increased the total to 18 horses.

 

Now, he divided the horses according to their father's will:

 

Half of 18 = 9 So he gave the eldest son 9 horses.

1/3 rd. Of 18 = 6. So he gave the middle son 6 horses.

1/9 th of 18 = 2. So he gave the youngest son 2 horses

 

Now add up how many horses they have:

 

Eldest son got - 9

Middle son got - 6

Youngest son got - 2

TOTAL = 17

 

Now this leaves one horse left over, so the farmer friend takes his horse

Back to his farm...

 

Problem solved!....................... ..........................Go Figure.

 

Easily assesed, 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 is 17/18. so, there should be 1/18 of the 17 horses left over.

This is why it works when the friend adds a horse, making it 18, but from the legal viewpoint, that horse wasn't part of the estate.

It works if the executor instead buys a horse for the estate, divides the horses (as they are all now able to be divided in proportion as integers), then sells the extra horse, leaving the cash value of the rest of the estate untouched.

The problem is that the rest of the estate is technically owed 1/18th of the horses ........