Referee
(n) A referee is the person who was appointed by a court to study any particular aspects of the case referred to him and report to the court his or her finding.
referee - A person to whom a case pending in a court is referred by the court to take testimony, hear the parties and report thereon to the court. An officer exercising judicial powers and an arm of the court for a specific purpose.
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Referee A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony, hear the parties, and report back to the court. A referee is an officer with judicial powers who serves as an arm of the court.
referee
n. a person to whom a judge refers a case to take testimony or acquire other evidence such as financial records and report to the court on such findings.
refereeA person to whom a case is referred by the court to take testimony, hear the parties and report to the court.
remand"To send back". For example, an appellate court may remand a case to a lower court for retrial.
Referee: Judges who reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 may be designated as Judge Trial Referees by the Chief Justice and can hear and decide certain types of cases.
REFEREE. A person to whom has been referred a matter in dispute, in order that he may settle it. His judgment is called an award. Vide Arbitrator; Reference.
referee: A person appointed by the court to hear and make decisions on limited legal matters, like juvenile or traffic offenses.
v.tr.
To act as referee for; rule or judge.
v.intr.
To be or act as a referee or an arbitrator.
Mediation: Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution, similar in many ways to arbitration in that the parties to a personal injury case come together before a neutral referee (the mediator) in an effort to resolve their dispute.
When a trial is referred to a referee or judicial hearing officer to hear and report, the JHO or referee will hear the case but instead of issuing a decision, a report will be written, which is non binding on the parties.
"By reducing the monetary penalties to zero the Board of Referees has wiped out in their entirety the amounts which the Commission in its discretion fixed.
Reference: 1. The act of sending a matter to a referee for his consideration and decision. 2. An agreement between two parties to place their dispute before an arbitrator or referee for his consideration and decision.
into matters of fact as embodied in the verdict of a jury or decision of a court, referee, or administrative body or officer
also, usu pl
: a written statement of such determinations
see also factfinding
compare decision holding opinion ruling ...
 See also: Court, Person, Case, Rules, Nation
  
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