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Arbitration Act

Arbitration Act, means a federal or State statute providing for the submission of disputes to arbitration, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 100....

grievance arbitration

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rights arbitration

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Geneva arbitration, an arbitration held at Geneva to determine the extent of the liability of the British Government for having allowed the Alabama, a man-of-war built in the Mersey for the Confederate States, to put to sea, where she preyed on the commerce of the United States. The British Government admitted liability, and the only question was as to the amount of the damage which were ultimately fixed by the arbitrators at 3,229,166l. The five arbitrators were nominated by Great Britain, the United States, Italy, Switzerland, and Brazil. The British arbitrator was Sir Alexander Cockburn, LCJ, and the counsel who appeared for the British Government were Sir Roundell Palmer and Mr. Arthur Cohen. The arbitrators met on 17th December, 1871, and made their award on 15th September, 1872. See Memorials of the Earl of Selborne, vol. ii, ch. 55....

final offer arbitration

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alternative dispute resolution (adr)

alternative dispute resolution (adr) Methods of resolving legal disputes without going to trial, in a less adversarial manner, such as through arbitration or mediation. ...

alternative dispute resolution

alternative dispute resolution : a forum or means for resolving disputes (as arbitration or private judging) that exists outside the state or federal judicial system ...

Conciliation

Conciliation, the settling of disputes without litigation, as (1) disputes between railway companies and freighters of goods, by the Minister of Labour under s. 31,commonly called the 'conciliation clause,' of the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 25); or (2) disputes between employers and workmen by a conciliator appointed by the Minister of Labour under the Conciliation Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 30), as amended by the (English) New Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 2, and S.R. & O. 1917, No. (46), p. 419. The Minister is empowered to register 'conciliation boards' for a similar purpose. The Conciliation Act repealed the (English) Masters and Workmen (Arbitration) Act, 1824, the (English) Councils of Conciliation Act, 1867, and the (English) Arbitration (Masters and Workmen) Act, 1872, the Act of 1824 not having been enforced for half a century and the Acts of 1867 and 1872 not having been enforced at all. Consult Howell's Ha...

Dispute

Dispute, The meaning of the word 'dispute' is, 'a controversy having both positive and negative aspects. It postulates the assertion of a claim by one party and its denial by the other', Canara Bank v. National Thermal Power Corporation, (2001) 1 SCC 43.The term 'dispute' means a controversy having both positive and negative aspects. It postulates the assertion of a claim by one party and its denial by the other, Gujarat State Corporation Land Development Bank v. P.R. Mondkad, (1979) 3 SCC 123: AIR 1979 SC 1203 (1207).There should be dispute and there can only be a dispute when a claim is asserted by one party and denied by the other on whatever grounds. Mere failure or inaction to pay does not lead to the inference of the existence of dispute. Dispute entails a positive element and assertion in denying, not merely inaction to accede to a claim or a request, Inder Singh Pekhi v. D.D.A., AIR 1988 SC 1007 (1009): (1988) 2 SCC 338.Once such a claim is made prior to invocation of arbitrati...

mediation

mediation : nonbinding intervention between parties esp. in a labor dispute to promote resolution of a grievance, reconciliation, settlement, or compromise compare arbitration ...

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