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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arbitrate.

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Examples

  • The second is the Expediency Council, a body that arbitrates disputes between parliament and the unelected Guardian Council, which can block legislation.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 21) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • The Motion Picture Association of America has a Title Registration Bureau, which arbitrates disputes between filmmakers over titles that seem too close, ruling in 1992 that film director Ridley Scott needed to change the title of his film Christopher Columbus after a Dutch company had already registered its own Christopher Columbus -- The Movie.

    Daniel Grant: Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity Daniel Grant 2012

  • The Motion Picture Association of America has a Title Registration Bureau, which arbitrates disputes between filmmakers over titles that seem too close, ruling in 1992 that film director Ridley Scott needed to change the title of his film Christopher Columbus after a Dutch company had already registered its own Christopher Columbus -- The Movie.

    Daniel Grant: Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity Daniel Grant 2012

  • Most buyers trying to nullify contracts have failed to persuade the attorney general's office, which arbitrates most of these cases, to intercede.

    Developers Hold On to Deposits at Rushmore Craig Karmin 2010

  • WASHINGTON - Sixty House Republicans joined with every Democrat to beat back an anti-union amendment on Thursday that would have defunded the National Labor Relations Board, a New Deal-era independent agency that arbitrates labor disputes.

    GOP, Dems Team Up To Beat Back Anti-Union Measure Ryan Grim 2011

  • The Motion Picture Association of America has a Title Registration Bureau, which arbitrates disputes between filmmakers over titles that seem too close, ruling in 1992 that film director Ridley Scott needed to change the title of his film Christopher Columbus after a Dutch company had already registered its own Christopher Columbus -- The Movie.

    Daniel Grant: Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity Daniel Grant 2012

  • WIPO, the UN agency that arbitrates more than half the world's cybersquatting cases, saw a 25 percent increase in complaints last year.

    The gift to be complex 2007

  • Who arbitrates if there is a disagreement within thegroup?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Buddhists and Moslems arm against terrorists: 2009

  • Who arbitrates if there is a disagreement within thegroup?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Buddhists and Moslems arm against terrorists: 2009

  • The second is the Expediency Council, a body that arbitrates disputes between parliament and the unelected Guardian Council, which can block legislation.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 21) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

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