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  • Referee

    Definition of Referee (1) A person to whom a question is referred for his decision or opinion ; an arbitrator. The Arbitration Act, 1889, empowers the Court to refer any question arising in a cause or matter to an official or special referee for inquiry and report. An official referee is an […]

  • Reference

    Definition of Reference The decision of a question by a person nominated for the purpose, called a referee, in lieu of the ordinary judicial procedure. The proceedings are usually private, and the conclusion of the referee is termed an award. Questions of detail and calculation are often […]

  • Railway

    Definition of Railway And Canal Commission A Court established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888. It consists of two non-judicial commissioners, and three cr officio commissioners, consisting of an English, Scotch and Irish Judge acting in their respective countries. The Commission […]

  • Railway

    Definition of Railway And Canal Commission A Court established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888. It consists of two non-judicial commissioners, and three cr officio commissioners, consisting of an English, Scotch and Irish Judge acting in their respective countries. The Commission […]

  • Prize Courts

    Definition of Prize Courts Courts specially constituted for the purpose of deciding questions of maritime capture in time of war according to international law. The procedure of the British Prize Court is regulated by the Naval Prize Act, 1864, the Prize Courts Act, 1894, and the Prize Court […]

  • Prize Courts

    Definition of Prize Courts Courts specially constituted for the purpose of deciding questions of maritime capture in time of war according to international law. The procedure of the British Prize Court is regulated by the Naval Prize Act, 1864, the Prize Courts Act, 1894, and the Prize Court […]

  • Pleadings

    Definition of Pleadings Written or printed statements delivered alternately by the parties to one another, until the questions of facts and law to be decided in an action have been ascertained, i. e., until issue is joined. The pleadings delivered (a) by the plaintiff, (b) by the defendant, […]

  • Mixed Arbitral Tribunal

    Definition of Mixed Arbitral Tribunal A temporary tribunal, consisting of three members, which was established under Part VI of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, pursuant to the Treaty of Peace Act, 1919, to deal with questions of international indebtedness Browse You might be interested in […]

  • Jury

    Definition of Jury (Lat. jurare, to swear.) A body of sworn men summoned to decide questions of fact in a judicial proceeding. The jury in origin was a body of neighbours summoned by some public officer to give, upon oath, a true answer to some question (Maitland). The jury is the principal […]

  • International Law, Private

    Definition of International Law, Private The body of rules for determining questions of jurisdiction and questions as to the selection of the appropriate law, in civil cases which present themselves for decision before the Courts of a State or country but which involve a foreign element, i. […]