Definition of

Collegiate

Judge

The referee or judge of a sport can be called a referee.

Collegiate is the body or organization constituted as a college . This term, in turn, originates from the verb colligere ( "gather" ). Among the different meanings of school, it is worth mentioning that it can be the society of people who share a trade or profession.

For example: "The city's collegiate turners have elected a new representative" , "The collegiate body will act according to the government's instructions" , "The collegiate assembly will issue a report in the coming weeks to suggest the steps to follow" .

The referee as referee

The notion of referee is also used to name the referee of a sport or a game who is a member of an officially recognized association: "Juan David Sánchez will be the referee of the next classic" , "It is not yet known who will be the referee in charge of deliver justice in the final" , "The supporters tried to attack the referee, who had to be escorted by the police" .

The referee or referee, therefore, is the judge who is in charge of enforcing the rules of a game. In addition to ensuring compliance with the rules, the referee is empowered to sanction those participants who commit violations of the regulations.

The referees must also be in charge of timing the duration of the matches in sports that require it (such as soccer). At their discretion, they may add extra time when many minutes of play have been lost.

It should be noted that referees increasingly have more technological help to carry out their work, such as instant replays or balls with sensors.

Commission

A body, committee, commission or council may be a collegiate body.

a type of organ

The collegiate body is the institution that is constituted by a group of natural persons or those representing entities of civil society, public, or intermediate institutions to deliberate, coordinate and adopt decisions that make public policies for institutional development and growth more solid.

Since it belongs to a public administration entity , it is considered a collective legal instrument, and its objective is to make democratic decisions, either by unanimity or by majority, in relation to an issue of public interest.

Among the most common collegiate bodies are the following: university and municipal councils; the permanent commissions, the ruling commissions, the special commissions and the administrative procedure commissions; procurement committees, among other line or operational bodies.

Functioning of the collegiate body

At the head of every collegiate body is its president , who must ensure that the deliberations are regulated, as well as the execution of the agreements. It has the help of a secretary, who is in charge of preparing, keeping and updating the agenda, and keeping a record of the minutes of the sessions, which must be read at the beginning of the sessions: if they are approved, then it is the secretary who must certify the agreements with correct wording so that the plenary session gives its authorization and the decisions can proceed to be executed.

The session minutes are of vital importance, since they record the events and comments that take place during each session; It is worth mentioning that the precision with which it is prepared is essential to correctly transmit the agreements, proposals and votes of the participants, which is why there is a structure to follow. From this document arise the resolutions that give rise to government and administrative acts.

Finally, every person is protected by the Law to request copies of minutes and resolutions, as well as photographs and recordings of the sessions, making use of their right to request and obtain information of public interest. Obstruction of access to this type of data by a public official towards a citizen is a punishable crime, and must be reported.