Umpire - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Umpire [fr. imperator or impar, Lat.]. A submission to arbitration usually provides that in case of arbitrators not agreeing in an award, the matters in dispute shall be decided by a third person, who is called an umpire. The umpire's authority commences when arbitrators are unable to agree, but if there be a time limited for the award, his authority absolutely commences from such time. the umpire, when called upon to act, is generally invested with the same powers as the arbitrators, and bound by the same rules and has to perform the same duties. See ARBITRATION and ARBITRATOR, and consult Russell on Arbitration.Also an officer appointed by the Crown who may also appoint one or more deputy umpires to hear appeals from Courts of Referee in connection with claims under the Unemployment Insurance Acts; see U.I. Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 8), ss. 40, 44 and 45. See Selected Decisions of Umpire.An impartial person appointed to make an award or final decision usually when a matter has be...
umpire
umpire : a person having authority to decide finally a controversy or question between parties: as a : one appointed to decide between disagreeing arbitrators b : an impartial third party chosen to arbitrate disputes arising under the terms of a labor agreement c : one appointed to mediate between the appraisers of an insured and insurer in order to determine the amount of a loss ...
Arbitration
Arbitration, the determination of a matter in dispute by the judgment of one or more persons, called arbitrators, who in case of difference usually call in an 'umpire' to decide between them.Means a method of dispute resolution involving one or more neutral third parties who are usually agreed to by the disputing parties and whose decision is binding, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 100.Means any arbitration whether or not administered by permanent arbitral institution. [The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s. 2(a)]An arbitrator is a disinterested person, to whose judgment and decision matters in dispute are referred, Termes de la Ley.The civilians make a difference between arbiter and arbitrator, though both found their power in the compromise of the parties; the former being obliged to judge according to the customs of the law: whereas the latter is at liberty to use his own discretion, and accommodate the difference in that manner which appears most just and equitable.An ar...
Umpirage
Umpirage, friendly decision of a controversy; arbitration.1. The office or authority of an umpire 2. The decision (such as an arbitral award) of any umpire, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1525....
impartial chairman
impartial chairman : arbitrator mediator ;specif : an arbitrator who serves on a committee or board compare umpire ...
Daysman
An umpire or arbiter a mediator...
Domesman
A judge an umpire...
Doomsman
A judge an umpire...
Hague Tribunal
The permanent court of arbitration created by the ldquoInternational Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputesrdquo adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899 It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law nominated by the signatory powers From these persons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted to the court On the failure of the parties to agree directly on the arbitrators each chooses two arbitrators an umpire is selected by them by a third power or by two powers selected by the parties...
Hellanodic
A judge or umpire in games or combats...
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