Arbiter
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A person bound to decide according to the rules of law and equity, as that it be according to the judgment of a sound man.
Cowell.
This distinction between arbiters and arbitrators is not observed in modern law.
Russ. Arb. 112.
See "Arbitrator." One appointed by the praetor to decide by the equity of the case, as distinguished from the judea;, who followed the law. Calv. Lex. One chosen by the parties to decide the dispute; an arbitrator. Bell, Diet.