daysman

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daysman - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Daysman \Days"man\ (d[=a]z"m[a^]n), n. [From day in the sense of
     day fixed for trial.]
     An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
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           Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. --Job ix. 33.
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daysman - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Daysman
  an umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed
  from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a
  cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the
  cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on
  both, and enforce his sentence.