Oversman

2 definitions found

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

  Oversman \O"vers*man\, n.; pl. {Oversmen}.
     1. An overseer; a superintendent.
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     2. (Scots Law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two
        arbiters, previously selected, disagree.


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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  OVERSMAN, Scotch law. A person commonly named in a submission, to whom power 
  is given to determine in case the arbiters cannot agree in the sentence; 
  sometimes the nomination of the oversman is left to the arbiters. In either 
  case the oversman has no power to decide, unless the arbiters differ in 
  opinion. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 4, 3, 16. The office of an oversman very much 
  resembles that of an umpire.