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arbitration

noun as in settlement of dispute

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Even in international commerce, arbitration tribunals are relied upon to resolve complex disputes, their authority grounded in transparent proceedings and reasoned judgments.

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The senator’s bill, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, ill-advisedly proposes that a government agency, via compelled arbitration, should impose labor contracts on employers who fail to reach prompt agreements with the union.

“Unhappy with the pace of the project, he chose to pursue private arbitration to assert his discontent,” Frid said.

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While religious courts, including Sharia councils, do operate in the UK, most of their work deals with religious marriage arbitration and financial matters.

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Throughout the years, reality TV has tried to protect itself from real-life lawyers with nondisclosure agreements and provisions requiring disputes be taken to arbitration.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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