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  2. Arbitration - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Arbitration is a formal method of dispute resolution involving a neutral third party who makes a binding decision. The third party neutral (the 'arbitrators', 'arbiters' or ' arbitral tribunal ') renders the decision in the form of an ' arbitration award '. An arbitration decision or award is legally binding on both sides and enforceable ...

  3. Satyricon - Wikipedia

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    Satyricon. The Satyricon, Satyricon liber ( The Book of Satyrlike Adventures ), or Satyrica, [ 1] is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius in the late 1st century AD, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petronius. The Satyricon is an example of Menippean satire, which is different ...

  4. Petronius - Wikipedia

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    Gaius Petronius Arbiter[ 1] ( / pɪˈtroʊniəs /; Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs pɛˈt̪roː.ni.ʊˈs ar.bɪ.t̪ɛr]; c. AD 27 – 66; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) [ 1] was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the ...

  5. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    1. One of the chessmen or figures used to play the game – that is, a king, queen, rook, bishop, knight or pawn. Each piece type has its own rules of movement on the board and of capturing enemy pieces. This is the definition used in the context of rules of chess – for example, the touched piece rule. 2.

  6. Arbitrariness - Wikipedia

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    Arbitrariness is the quality of being "determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle". It is also used to refer to a choice made without any specific criterion or restraint. [ 1] Arbitrary decisions are not necessarily the same as random decisions. For example, during the 1973 oil crisis, Americans were ...

  7. Arbitration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Arbitration, in the context of the law of the United States, is a form of alternative dispute resolution. Specifically, arbitration is an alternative to litigation through which the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective evidence and legal arguments to a third party (i.e., the arbitrator) for resolution.

  8. List of English words of Semitic origin - Wikipedia

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    arbiter from Latin arbitr-, arbiter 'judge' (MW), from Phoenician (AHD) babel from (AHD, MW) Hebrew בבל balal 'confound' (SC) + in part from (AHD) Akkadian 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 bab-ilu 'gate of God' (MW) balm from Greek βάλσαμον balsamon (AHD), probably of Semitic origin, similar to Hebrew basham 'aromatic substance' (MW) balsam

  9. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.