Oversman

Scottish Law: Oversman in the Past

A person commonly named in a submission, to whom power is given to decide 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. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The office of an oversman very much resembles that of an umpire. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about oversman is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including oversman.

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