arbiter

arbiter
1. noun /ˈɑːbɪtə(r)/
a) A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed.

b) (With of) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.

2. verb /ˈɑːbɪtə(r)/
To act as arbiter.

Worse, since there was no institution to arbiter disagreements between Parliament and the government, whenever Parliament voted against the government on the smallest issues, coalitions fragmented, and governments had to be recomposed.


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