Daysman

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daysman \Days"man\ (d[=a]z"m[a^]n), n. [From day in the sense of
     day fixed for trial.]
     An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
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           Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. --Job ix. 33.


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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Daysman
     an umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed
     from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a
     cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the
     cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on
     both, and enforce his sentence.