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Arbitration

The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Mediation 76% connected

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

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Intercede 74% connected

To pass between; to intervene.

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Intercede 74% connected

To pass between; to intervene.

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Arbitrament 92% connected

Determination; decision; arbitration.

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Actual possession noun · 86% connection

(law) immediate and direct physical control over property

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Conciliation noun · 86% connection

any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

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Constructive possession noun · 86% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Criminal possession noun · 86% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Judicial proceeding noun · 85% connection

a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

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Litigation noun · 85% connection

a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

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Ownership noun · 85% connection

the act of having and controlling property

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Possession noun · 85% connection

the act of having and controlling property

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Custody battle noun · 84% connection

litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple

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Vexatious litigation noun · 84% connection

litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause; "he got an injunction against vexatious litigation by…

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Holding noun · 84% connection

the act of retaining something

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Keeping noun · 84% connection

the act of retaining something

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Retention noun · 84% connection

the act of retaining something

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Accord verb · 78% connection

An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Acoustic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Administrative hearing noun · 78% connection

a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Arbiter noun · 78% connection

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.

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Arbitrator noun · 78% connection

A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Audition noun · 78% connection

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Auditory adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Court noun · 78% connection

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an offi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Deaf adjective · 78% connection

Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Deafness noun · 78% connection

Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of…

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Decision noun · 78% connection

The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hearing, determination, cause, parties, controversy.
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Decisive adjective · 78% connection

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

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