Referrees
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 1 U.S. 156 - Weaver v. Lawrence · 1785Most cited · 1 citing opinions
In public trials in Courts of law, the judges sit to superintend the evidence, and no interested witnesses are, in general, permitted to give evidence to the jury; but referrees occupy the office both of judge and jurymen; their discretion, therefore, must necessarily be much relied on, and as they are generally unacquainted with the artificial rules of law, they must be guided principally by their own reason.
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