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Deemsters

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Deemsters [fr. dema, Sax., a judge or umpire]. Judges in the Isle of Man and in Jersey, who, without process or any charge to the parties, decide all controversies in those islands; they are chosen from among the parties themselves, Cam. Brit.; and 4 Inst. 284. See DEMPSTER.

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