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Power for arbitrators, &c. to call for books; &c., and administer oaths.
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18. The arbitrator, and the arbitrators, and the umpire respectively may call for the production of any documents or evidence in the possession or power of the companies respectively, or which they respectively can produce, and which the arbitrator, or the arbitrators, or the umpire shall think necessary for determining the matters referred, and may examine the witnesses of the companies respectively on oath, and may administer the requisite oath; and in Scotland may grant diligence for the recovery of the documents or evidence, and for citing witnesses; and on application to the Lord Ordinary he may issue letters of supplement or other necessary writs in support of the diligence.
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