Daysman \Days"man\ (d[=a]z"m[a^]n), n. [From day in the sense of day fixed for trial.] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. [1913 Webster] Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. --Job ix. 33. [1913 Webster]
Daysman an umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on both, and enforce his sentence.