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Legal proceedings

Legal proceedings, do not in their ordinary sense at first suggest the commencement of an arbitration. To refer to a person as having commenced legal proceedings does not obviously suggest that an arbitration has been commenced, even although its purpose is to obtain an award as to the relevant legal rights of the parties. Legal proceedings in the ordinary sense of the phrase more obviously refers to proceedings in a court of law, ICL Shipping Ltd. v. Chin Thai Steel Enterprise Co. Ltd. (QBD), (2004) 1 WLR 2254.Means any civil or criminal proceeding or enquiry in which evidence is, or may be given; includes an arbitration, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 1439.Means steps or measures adopted in the prosecution or defence of an action, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 816....

In a reference

In a reference, The phrase 'in a reference' in s. 31(4) of the Arbitration Act, 1940, is comprehensive enough to cover an application first made after the arbitration is completed and a final award made, and the sub-s. vests exclusive jurisdiction in the court in which an application for filing an award has been first made under s. 14 of the Act, Kumbha Mawaji v. Union of India AIR 1953 SC 313 (318): (1953) SCR 878 [Arbitration Act, 1940, s. 31(4) and 34]...

Hague conference

Hague conference. A conference of representatives of different States to consider the question of international peace and kindred subjects. So called because the place of meeting has been The Hague in South Holland (Netherlands). The first Hague Conference was the outcome of a circular letter of the Czar of Russia handed to all the foreign representatives accredited to the Court of St. Petersburg on the 24th August, 1898, and as a result the first Peace Conference met on 18th May, 1899. This conference brought about the creation of a Permanent Court of Arbitration, and each of the Powers signing the Hague Arbitration Convention could appoint four persons, who constituted a panel or general list of arbitrators from which as occasion arises selection can be made. The Hague Arbitration Court has dealt with complicated international disputes. A second Peace Conference met at the Hague on 18th June, 1907. Consult Higgins, Hague Conference.Means the convention on the service Abroad of Judici...

Court

Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar, AIR 2000 SC 485 (490). [Bihar Land Reforms Act (30 of 1950), s. 19]Court, means the principle civil court of original jurisdiction in a district and including the High Court in exercise of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jursidiction to decide the questions forming the subject matter of suit, but does not incude any civil court of a grade inferior to such civil court or any court of small causes.S. 2(*) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Raipur Development Authority v. Sarin Construction Company, Raipur, AIR 2006 Chattisgarh 12.The tribunal which is to exercise the jurisdiction for executing the decree in question is 'a court' within the scope of s. 45C of the Banking Companies Act, Ram Narain v. Simla Banking and Industrial Co. Ltd., AIR 1956 S...

arbitrator

arbitrator : an impartial person or group that is given the power by disputing parties to resolve their dispute compare mediator ...

Mediatress

A female mediator...

Impasse

Impasse, means a point in labour negotiations at which agreement cannot be reached. A neutral third party (Such as a mediator) is often called in to help resolve an impasse, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 755....

impartial chairman

impartial chairman : arbitrator mediator ;specif : an arbitrator who serves on a committee or board compare umpire ...

Mediator

One who mediates especially one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them hence an intercessor...

Daysman

An umpire or arbiter a mediator...

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