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Alternative Dispute Resolution Alternative Dispute Resolution
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Procedures for settling disputes by means other than litigation; e.g., by arbitration, mediation, or minitrials. Such procedures, which are usually less costly and more expeditious than litigation, are increasingly being used in commercial and labor disputes, divorce... Read more
industrial arbitration industrial arbitration
industrial arbitration method of settling disputes between employer and employees by seeking and accepting a decision by a third party. Such arbitration may be compelled by the government, as in New Zealand (since 1894), Australia (since 1904), Canada (since 1907), Italy (since 1926), and Great... Read more
Original Jurisdiction Original Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction is the jurisdiction exercised by the court that initially hears a lawsuit. As a court of first instance, this tribunal must conduct a trial or similar proceeding in order to determine the facts in the dispute and then settle the case by applying the law to those factual... Read more
Conciliation Conciliation
CONCILIATION The process of adjusting or settling disputes in a friendly manner through extra judicial means. Conciliation means bringing two opposing sides together to reach a compromise in an attempt to avoid taking a case to trial. arbitration, in contrast, is a contractual remedy used to settle... Read more
Treaty of Washington Treaty of Washington
Washington, Treaty of (1871) Agreement settling a number of disputes involving the USA, Britain, and Canada. The most serious was the question of the Alabama claims, which was submitted to international arbitration. US-Canadian disputes over fisheries and the border were also resolved.... Read more
Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. v. Sawyer Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. v. Sawyer
YOUNGSTOWN SHEET & TUBE CO. V. SAWYER In Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579, 72 S. Ct. 863, 96 L. Ed. 1153 (1952), the Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of an executive order directing the secretary of commerce to seize possession of the nation's steel mills... Read more
Webster-Ashburton Treaty Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty Aug., 1842, agreement concluded by the United States, represented by Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and Great Britain, represented by Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. The treaty settled the Northeast Boundary Dispute , which had caused serious conflicts, such as... Read more
Settlement Settlement
Settlement BIBLIOGRAPHY The term settlement has a number of meanings attributed respectively to the areas of law, finance, archaeology, and history. The legal definition generally refers to the act of settling a dispute or disagreement and reaching an agreement on the case, which then settles... Read more
Melville Weston Fuller Melville Weston Fuller
Melville Weston Fuller 1833-1910, American jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (1888-1910), b. Augusta, Maine. He studied at Harvard law school, and after 1856 he became a prominent lawyer in Chicago and acquired a national reputation in Democratic politics. Fuller was appointed Chief... Read more

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