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  1. In law, a member of the court of referees
  2. appointed by the House of Commons to give
  3. judgement on petitions against private bills;
  4. also one of the three officials to whom cases
  5. before the high court may be submitted.
  6.  
  7. 2.
  8. In sport, the official in charge of a game.
  9.  
  10. 3.
  11. In science, one who reads and comments on a
  12. scientific paper before its publication,
  13. normally a scientist of at least equal
  14. standing to the author(s).
  15.