Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arbitrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arbitrating}.] [L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See {Arbiter}.] 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.
2. To decide, or determine generally. --South.
There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. --Shak.
Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. i. 1. To decide; to determine. --Shak.
2. To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.
On the environment, for instance, the Belgian presidency will have to arbitrate in the increasingly ill-tempered row over German waste exports for recycling, partly by pushing hard to get the stalled EC directive on packaging waste through.
Rich called on the industry's management and unions to establish a commission that would arbitrate future labor problems before they deteriorate into strikes.
Southern Pacific lawyer Douglas Stephenson said the railroad and Calnev will establish a panel of retired judges to arbitrate claims by residents who say their property values plummeted.
An agreement to arbitrate is an agreement, it said, a deal is a deal.
How will federal rules arbitrate the medical community's inclination to indefinitely sustain the dying elderly on life-support technologies?
Westinghouse said Thursday that it petitioned the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris to arbitrate the dispute as provided by the 1976 contract.
The presidency will have to arbitrate amid continuing tensions arising from high German interest rates.
The draft decree said the Electoral Board, made up of nine government-appointed representatives, one from each of Haiti's provinces, will also control voter registration and arbitrate disputes between candidates, Radio Haiti Inter said.
Sofaer said the United States had suggested the court be permitted to arbitrate a list of specific disputes between Washington and Moscow and agree in advance to accept its verdict, the Times reported.
The prevailing practice in the brokerage industry is to require customers to agree to arbitrate all disputes as a condition to opening an account.
The ruling, which expands the scope of arbitration agreements, is a victory for the securities industry in particular because its customers typically are required to arbitrate any dispute that arises over their transactions.
The claim was brought before a New York Stock Exchange arbitration unit because of an employment agreement Mr. Roffman had signed with Janney Montgomery agreeing to arbitrate any employment dispute.
The Vermont law says that a party can't be compelled to arbitrate unless both sides have signed a specific arbitration agreement, and that the arbitration clause must be displayed prominently in the contract.
Under the arrangement, Meese is trying to settle the longstanding feud by having acting Associate Attorney General Francis Keating arbitrate individual disagreements over whether the FBI or Marshals Service will handle a particular fugitive investigation.