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arbitration

transactions which provide an opportunity to expose market inefficiencies with little to no risk, which are typically financed by large, international banks
J Dubya mentioned to the team from Goldman Sachs that XYZ Bank will finance anything that provides an arbitration opportunity.
arbitration by hang_low March 4, 2009

binding arbitration 

The latest in Corporate America’s sadly successful attempts to undermine democracy and make themselves above the law.
All disputes must be revolved by binding arbitration. You agree to waive your right to a trial by jury and that the judge will be this rigged-ass old man paid off by the company.

Permanent Court of Arbitration 

(MULTILATERAL GOVERNMENT) International court based in the Hague, the Netherlands; founded in 1889; oldest multilateral court. In some respects, a precursor to the International Court of Justice (also in the Hague--in the same building, the Peace Palace).

The PCA differs from the ICJ in that only national governments may be respondents in the ICJ (which operates like a civil court). The PCA settles disputes that may arise between a private party (such as RCA, in RCA vs. China-1935) and a national government, or between national governments. Parties submit to the PCA when the dispute is a nuisance to both, but relevant laws are uncertain.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has a three-part organizational structure consisting of an Administrative Council that oversees its policies and budgets, a panel of independent potential arbitrators known as the Members of the Court, and its Secretariat, known as the International Bureau, headed by the Secretary-General.

alphabetic arbitration 

An A-to-Z assortment of petty matters dat hafta be decided in court:
AArbitration: Legal wranglings regarding how long you hafta attend sobriety meetings.
barbitration: Gavel-banging decisions regarding da design of fishing-hooks.
carbitration: (1) What your health-foods-fanatic parents subject you to regarding how sweet/starchy your diet is allowed to be. (2) Da overly-picky/onerous rules dat da DMV dictates to us.
farbitration: Bu**s**t rules regarding longer distances.
garbitration: What snooty grownups foist upon you regarding your clothing choices.
jarbitration: Regulations about glass screw-top containers.
marbitration: Statutes da deal with dents and scratches in an objects paint/finish.
parbitration: What Goldfinger would have liked to take his "wrong-ball game-forfeiture" disappointment with James Bond to.
tarbitration: Legal proceedings regarding either tobacco by-products or da sticky messy goo dat they seal roofs with.
warbitration: What two opposing armies eventually resort to when they see dat they are too closely matched for one of da other to win their battle.
Additional alphabetic arbitration terms are possible is you alter da spellings slightly:
arbortration: Laws governing either drill/lathe-mandrels of vertical-frame landscaping.
barbertration: Stipulations on when/how you can get a haircut.
Farbertration: Dictates what kitchen gadgets may be used.
harbortration: Stupid rules governing a safe anchorage.
alphabetic arbitration by QuacksO December 29, 2023

Arbitrator 

A judge, jury & executioner at a one stop shop.
Usually a posher version of a normal lawyer.
This rare breed of attornies mastered the art of ripping you off your life savings by enjoying government protection because their trials and secret and not published.

This is the type of lawyer that sits behind a mahgony desk sipping scotch and talking to his fellow Freemason friends about the beauty of the 1st amendment while you soil your a*# out in courts.
Trump decided to withdraw from NAFTA because he found that the arbitrators judgments were unfair towards the United States.
Arbitrator by Urban Jack 11 February 13, 2017

arbitrator 

ar'-bi-tray-ter: A cook who leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's.
The cook became an arbitrator when he left Arby's to work at McDonald's.
arbitrator by Penbiks September 23, 2008
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