<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
.contentstyle
{
    width:5.5in;
    height:8in;
    margin:1in;
    background:white;   
}
.masterstyle
{ 
    background:#FFFF99;
    border-left:1 solid black;
    border-top:1 solid black;
    border-right:4 solid black;
    border-bottom:4 solid black;
    width:8.5in;
    height:11in;
    margin:10px;
    overflow:hidden;
}
.headerstyle
{
    position:absolute;
    top:.25in;
    width:6in;
    left:1in;
}
.footerstyle
{
    position:absolute;
    top:10.5in;
    width:6in;
    left:1in;
}
</STYLE>

document.styleSheets[0].rules[0].selectorText
document.styleSheets[0].rules[1].selectorText
document.styleSheets[0].rules[2].selectorText
document.styleSheets[0].rules[3].selectorText

function findStyleRule(styleName) {
  for (i = 0; i < document.styleSheets.length; i++) { 
    for (j = 0; j < document.styleSheets(i).rules.length; j++) {
      if (document.styleSheets(i).rules(j).selectorText == styleName) {
        return document.styleSheets(i).rules(j);
      }
    }     
  }
}

var oMasterStyleClass;
oMasterStyleClass = findStyleRule(".masterstyle");

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