Umpire

A person selected by arbitrators who cannot agree as to the subject matter referred to them for the purpose of deciding the matter in dispute. His province is to determine the issue submitted to the arbitrators on which they of the original arbitrators is required to join in the award in order to make it valid and binding on the parties. In the absence of any agreement or assent by the parties to the controversy, dispensing with a full hearing by the umpire, it is his duty to hear the whole case, and to make a distinct award thereon as the result of his judgment. He stands, in fact, in the same situation as a sole arbitrator, and he is bound to hear and determine the case in like manner as if it had been originally submitted to his determination.

75 111. 30.

Sometimes the term is applied to a single arbitrator selected by the parties themselves. Kyd, Awards, 6, 75, 77; Caldwell, Abr. 38; Dane, Abr. Index; 3 Viner, Abr. 93; Comyn, Dig. "Arbitrament" (F); 4 Dall. (U. S.) 271, 432; 4 Scott, N. S. 378; Bouv. Inst. Index. UN NE DOIT PRISE ADVANTAGE DE son tort demesne. One ought not to take advantage of his own wrong.

2 And. 38. 40.

UNA CUM OMNIBUS ALUS (Lat. together with all other things). A phrase in old conveyancing. Hob. 175, UNA PERSONA VIX POTEST SUPplere vices duarum. One person can scarcely supply the place of two.

4 Coke, 118.

UNA VOCE (Lat.) With one voice; unanimously,