REFEREE

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REFEREE , a person to whom anything is referred ; an arbitrator. The

court

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)

of referees in England was a

court

to which the

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of 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

Speaker

SPEAKER

's counsel and several official referees not members of the

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Commons. In 1903 the appointment of official referees was discontinued. The court now consists of the chairman of ways and means, the

deputy

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

chairman and not less than seven other members of the House appointed by the

Speaker

SPEAKER

, and its duty, as defined by a

standing

STANDING

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

justice

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

, under the Judicature Act 1873, cases may be submitted to three official referees, for trial, inquiry and report, or

assessment

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

damages

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

. Inquiry and report may be directed `n any case, trial only by consent of the parties, or in any matter requiring any prolonged examination of documents or accounts; sr any scientific or local investigation which cannot be tried in Tae

ordinary

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

way.

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