Umpirage

3 definitions found

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

  Umpirage \Um"pi*rage\ (?; 48), n. [From {Umpire}.]
     1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of
        an umpire to decide.
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              The mild umpirage of the federal Union. --E.


                                                    Everett.
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     2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. --Bp. Hall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  umpirage
       n 1: mediation by an umpire
       2: the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" [syn: {officiation},
           {officiating}, {refereeing}]

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

  UMPIRAGE. The decision of an umpire. This word is used for the judgment of 
  an umpire, as the word award is employed to designate that of arbitrators.