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Umpire

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

When matters in dispute are Submitted to two or more arbitrators, and they do not agree in their decision, it is usual for another person to be called in as "umpire," to whose sole judgment it is then referred.

Brown. And sce Ingraham v. Whitmore, 75 111. 30; Tyler v. Webb, 10 B. Mon. (Ky.) 123; Lyon v. Blossom, 4 Duer (N. Y.) 325.