umpirage

noun

noun

Etymology From umpire + -age.

Law Archaic The office (or term of office) of an umpire

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.1838, John Frederick Archbold, The practice of country attornies and their agents, in the courts of law at Westminster:

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