The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence] to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence. Bacon.

A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting. Dryden.

Judge Advocate (Mil. *** Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial] he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. -- Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the other performs a similar duty for the navy. In England, the designation of a member of the ministry who is the legal adviser of the secretary of state for war, and supreme judge of the proceedings of courts-martial.

Syn. -- Judge, Umpire, Arbitrator, Referee. A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary, sometimes appointed by a court.

The Lord judge between thee and me. Gen. xvi. 5.

Father, who art judge
Of all things made, and judgest only right! Milton.

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. Shak.

Judge not according to the appearance. John vii. 24.

She is wise if I can judge of her. Shak.

God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Eccl. iii. 7.

To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness,
And to be judged by him. Shak.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. Matt. vii. 1.

If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord. Acts xvi. 15.

Make us a king to judge us. 1 Sam. viii. 5.