Umpirage
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The office (or term of office) of an umpire archaic, countable, uncountable
"When the umpire enters upon his umpirage, he may reexamine the witnesses; but it has been holden not to be objectionable, for the umpire to receive the evidence from the arbitrators, unless the parties require him to do otherwise."
- 2 the act of umpiring wordnet
- 3 mediation by an umpire wordnet
Example
More examples"When the umpire enters upon his umpirage, he may reexamine the witnesses; but it has been holden not to be objectionable, for the umpire to receive the evidence from the arbitrators, unless the parties require him to do otherwise."
Etymology
From umpire + -age.
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