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REFEREE , a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to whom anything is referred ; an arbitrator. The See also:

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of referees in See also:

England was a court to which the See also:

House of See also:

COMMONS

Commons committed the decision of all questions as to the right of petitioners to be heard in opposition to private bills. As originally constituted the referees consisted of the chairman of ways and means, and other members, the See also:

SPEAKER

Speaker's counsel and several See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official referees not members of the House of Commons. In 1903 the See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of official referees was discontinued. The court now consists of the chairman of ways and means, the See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy chairman and not less than seven other members of the House appointed by the Speaker, and its See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, as defined by a See also:

STANDING

standing See also:

order, is to decide upon all petitions against private bills, or against provisional orders or provisional certificates, as to the rights of the petitioners to be heard upon such petitions. In the high court of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, under the Judicature See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1873, cases may be submitted to three official referees, for trial, inquiry and See also:

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, or See also:

ASSESSMENT, (from Lat. assessare, to sit beside, to judge)

assessment of See also:

DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages. Inquiry and report may be directed `n any See also:

case, trial only by consent of the parties, or in any See also:

MATTER

matter requiring any prolonged examination of documents or accounts; sr any scientific or See also:

LOCAL

local investigation which cannot be tried in Tae See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary way.

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