In old English law. An umpire, or arbitrator. Saepe constitutem est, res Inter alios Judicata aliis non praejudicare. It has often been settled that matters adjudged between others ought not to prejudice those who were not parties. Dig. 42, 1, 63. o’ 8″pe viatorem nova, non veins, orbita fallit. 4 Inst 34. A new road, not an old one, often deceives the traveler. Sespenumero nbi proprietas verborum attenditur, census veritatis amittitur. Oftentimes where the propriety of words is attended to, the true sense is lost Branch, Princ.; 7 Coke, 27.
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