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[syn: umpirage, officiation, officiating, refereeing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Umpirage \Um"pi*rage\ (?; 48), n. [From Umpire.]
1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of
an umpire to decide.
[1913 Webster]
The mild umpirage of the federal Union. --E.
Everett.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
umpirage
n 1: mediation by an umpire
2: the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" [syn:
umpirage, officiation, officiating, refereeing]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
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.