Umpire
Umpire , noun
[Old English nompere, nounpere (also impier, from French impair uneven), from Old French nomper uneven, French non-pair; hence the meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + Old French per even, equal, peer, French pair; compare Latin impar uneven, unequal. See Non-, and Peer, n.]
1.
A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others.
2.
(Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement. — Blackstone
Umpire , transitive verb
1.
To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
2.
To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game. [Colloquial]
Umpire , intransitive verb
To act as umpire or arbitrator.