arbitration
[ahr-bi-trey-shuh n]
- the hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them: Rather than risk a long strike, the union and management agreed to arbitration.
- International Law. the application of judicial methods to the settlement of international disputes.
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Origin of arbitration
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com1. See mediation.
Arbitration, The
- a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
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Examples from the Web for arbitration
Contemporary Examples
After two years, the dispute ended with an arbitration ruling in favor of Savage.
The suit was tossed out of a Brooklyn courthouse because it was already ordered to arbitration by a California court.
The case is being heard at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, also located in The Hague.
But when they came together in what worked like an arbitration process, they found common ground.
The show really jumps back and forth through time this season, flashing back to the arbitration scenes with Marcia Gay Harden.
Historical Examples
The Greek Government had put no impediment in the way of arbitration.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
With such men there could be no arbitration, and in fact there was no need.
The HarborErnest Poole
These decisions are given by, what may be called, a court of arbitration and a court of appeal.
Bremen Cotton ExchangeAndreas Wilhelm Cramer
It is not founded on the principle of arbitration or compulsion.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
It is therefore basically not a plan of arbitration, nor is it an industrial court.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
arbitration
- law the hearing and determination of a dispute, esp an industrial dispute, by an impartial referee selected or agreed upon by the parties concerned
- international law the procedure laid down for the settlement of international disputes
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Word Origin and History for arbitration
n.
late 14c., "absolute decision," from Old French arbitracion, from Latin arbitrationem (nominative arbitratio) "judgment, will," noun of action from past participle stem of arbitrari "to be of an opinion, give a decision," from arbiter (see arbiter). Meaning "settlement of a dispute by a third party" is from 1630s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
arbitration
The settling of disputes (especially labor disputes) between two parties by an impartial third party, whose decision the contending parties agree to accept. Arbitration is often used to resolve conflict diplomatically to prevent a more serious confrontation.
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