Mediation: alternatives and connections

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

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The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

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The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.

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The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

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A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

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The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of…

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The act of intervening; interposition.

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The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.

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To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

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To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

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Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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The act of coming between; intervention; interposition.

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