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Definition :

Referee, one to whom anything is referred; an arbitrator. Also, persons to whom are referred questions as to the locus standi of petitioners against

private parliamentary Bills. Consult the works of Smethurst or Clifford and Stephens hereon.

A type of master appointed by a court to assist with certain proceedings, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., 1284.

Panels of referees are appointed to decide technical questions on appeal from depart mental authorities under various statutes, see 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 13 (licensing of stations); as to bulls, see that title; on valuation of machinery, see (English) Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16Geo. 5, c. 90), s. 24; also (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), and other Acts. Reference committees may be appointed under the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1929; Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), for compensation; and the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, in relation to releases or otherwise from restrictive covenants.

By s. 38 of the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, legally qualified medical practitioners may be appointed as medical referees for the purposes of that Act. As to the appointment of referees under the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, see s. 117; and as to courts of referees under the (English) Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 8), s. 41.