Referee in Europe
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 officer of the Court (Judicature Act, 1925, s. 125). A special referee is one who is agreed on between the parties and remunerated by them, the amount being determined by the Court.
(2) Referees on private bills are members appointed by the House of Commons to report on questions of locus standi (q.v.) arising on private bills
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Definition of Referee is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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