Official Referee

British  

noun

1. law (in England) a circuit judge attached to the High Court who is empowered to try certain cases, esp where a detailed examination of accounts or other documents is involved

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Example Sentences

Down judge Mike Carr had separated them when Hicks charged back and pushed the official, referee Jerome Boger told a pool reporter.

From Washington Times

If the courts agree with any of these objections, some or all of the order’s rulings will be ignobly relegated to the trash heap, joining most of the FCC’s earlier efforts in 2010 and 2008 to appoint itself the official “referee on the field” for the global Internet.

From Forbes

The official referee was the legendary football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, a child of the Civil War who, at almost 86, was the oldest working coach in America.

From New York Times

The vote was so close that, after months of reviewing the ballots, the winning candidates prevailed by 2 votes out of more than 400 cast, according to Stephen D. Hans, a Queens lawyer who served as the official referee.

From New York Times

"This is the official referee talking."

From Washington Post