Referee Law and Legal Definition. A referee, in a legal context, is a person to whom a judge refers a case to investigate the facts of a case and examine evidence and report to the court on such findings. A referee is often an attorney that acts as a judicial hearing officer for certain types of cases.
3.You have tiny rubber bands wrapped around individual braces, and these are called ligatures. These elastic ligatures can be very colorful. But their purpose is more than just mere decoration. Their main function is to hold the archwire in place.
1 Fauchard's braces consisted of a flat strip of metal, which was connected to teeth by pieces of thread. 2  Bands were invented by Schange in 1841. 3  The first bands consisted of an strip of metal, with a screw to adjust their size. 4  Orthodontic Brackets were invented by Edward Angle in 1915.