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Geneva arbitration

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....

Arbitration clause

Arbitration clause, is a contractual provision mandating arbitration and thereby avoiding litigation of disputes about the contracting parties' rights, duties, and liabilities, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 100....

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Resolutely

In a resolute manner with fixed purpose boldly firmly steadily with perseverance...

Clauses irritant and resolutive

Clauses irritant and resolutive, clauses devised for limiting the right of an absolute proprietor, and making effectual the conditions imposed on him, which otherwise would infer no more than a personal obligation, ineffectual against creditors or singular successors, Bell's Dict....

Award

Award [the primitive sense of ward is shown in the It. Guardare, Fr. regarder, to look. Hence, Prov. Fr. eswarder (answering in form to award), to inspect goods, and, incidentally, to pronounce them good and marketable; eswardenur, an inspector, Hecart. An award is accordingly, in the first place, the taking a matter into consideration and pronouncing judgment upon it; but in later times the designation has been transferred exclusively to the consequent judgment, Wedgw.], a document containing the determination of commissioners, under an Inclosure Act or other public statute; also an instrument embodying an arbitrator's decision on a matter submitted to him. It must follow the submission, but need not necessarily be in writing, unless so prescribed. An award is generally considered as published as soon as the arbitrator has done some act where by he becomes functus officio, and has declared, and can no longer change, his final mind. As soon as the award is executed, notice thereof shou...

Reference

Reference was the sending of any matter of inquiry by the Court of Chancery to a chief clerk, a taxing master, or a conveyancing counsel, that he might examine it and certify the result to the court. References in cases involving matters of account were also frequently made to the masters of the Courts of Common Law under the (English) C.L.P. Acts.The Judicature Acts and rules did not repeal the powers of reference to masters under the Common Law Procedure Acts [[(English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 83] (see now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 125), but made provision for attaching to the Supreme Court permanent official referees, and four official referees were appointed shortly before that Act came into operation. To any of such official referees, or to a special referee, questions arising in an action may, by (English) Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 88, 89, be referred: (1) subject to the right to a jury, for inquiry and report; or (2) where the parties consent, and also without such consent in any...

Foreign award

Foreign award, an award in pursuance of an arbitration agreement governed by India Law, if the conditions under s. 44 are satisfied, will not cease to be a foreign award, merely because the arbitration agreement is governed by the law of India, Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd., 2006 (2) R.A.J. 531: 2006 (5) JT 507: 2006 (5) SCALE 535: 2006 (6) Supreme 519: 2006 (4) SCJ 217: 2006 (7) SCJD 112: 2006 (20 Arb LR 547. [Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s. 44 & 2(e)]An award made outside India, even if governed by Indian Law, may be a foreign award but it must satisfy two conditions, viz., that it is made (i) in pursuance of an agreement in writing for arbitration to which the New York Convention applies, and (ii) in one of such territories which the Central Government has notified in the Official Gazette to be a territory to which the New York Convention applies, Centrotrade Minerals & Metal Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd., 2006 (2) R.A.J. 531: 2006 (5) JT 507:...

Winding-up

Winding-up, the process by which an insolvent estate is distributed, as far as it will go, amongst the persons having claims upon it. The term is most frequently applied to the winding-up of joint-stock companies.The property of a company is collected and distributed firstly in discharge of its liabilities, and secondly, among its members according to their respective rights with a view to its dissolution. If the assets are not sufficient to meet the liabilities, a company is usually wound up by the Court. In other cases the winding-up is usually voluntary and conducted by the company itself either with or without the supervision of the Court. The provisions of the (English) Companies Act, 1929, govern a winding-up in any of these three modes (s. 156). In any winding-up the members who may be called upon to contribute are ascertained and their liability determined under ss. 157-162; see CONTRIBUTORIES. Debts and claims of all kinds require to be proved and if not of certain value to be...

Intrepidity

The quality or state of being intrepid fearless bravery courage resoluteness valor...

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