Lat A rude, un-lea rued, or unlettered tribunal; a term some-times applled to arbitrators selected by the parties to settle a dlspute. See Underhill v. Van Cortlandt, 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 330; Dickinson v. Chesapeake A O. R. Co., 7 W. Va. 429
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
