Meanings
plural arbitraments · alternative arbitrement
- countableuncountableThe judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration.
[…] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be taken severally in respect of the severalty of the causes.
1846, George Spence, The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, page 5451 more example
They assert that the right may be given by the Fourteenth Amendment but the remedy can be refused by the public, and as we understand Hall and DeCuir, the courts of civil jurisdiction have only the office of affirming their discretionary arbitrament, as the Supreme Court did in that celebrated cause.
1889, Brotherhood of Liberty, Justice and Jurisprudence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frencharbitrement
- Middle Englisharbitrament
- Englisharbitrament
From Middle English arbitrament, from Old French arbitrement. By surface analysis, arbiter + -ment.
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