dispute resolution organization

noun

A business or group that provides alternative dispute resolution services such as conciliation, mediation, arbitration, or negotiation, sometimes as a private alternative to public judicial courts and litigation.

Meanings

noundispute resolution organization (plural dispute resolution organizations)

plural dispute resolution organizations

  1. A business or group that provides alternative dispute resolution services such as conciliation, mediation, arbitration, or negotiation, sometimes as a private alternative to public judicial courts and litigation.

    The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Committee (CIETAC) has been designated by CNNIC as the dispute resolution organization ...

    2005, James M. Zimmerman, China Law Deskbook: A Legal Guide for Foreign-invested Enterprises, page 228
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    In addition, where the ADR process is being conducted under rules of a dispute resolution organization (like the American Arbitration Association), ...

    2002: Jay G. Martin, Ann L. MacNaughton, and American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Environmental Dispute Resolution: An Anthology of Practical Solutions, page 268

    The second outcome, the degree to which ASEAN believed that enlargement would lead it to become an even more effective dispute resolution organization, ...

    2003, Zachary Abuza, Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror, page 241
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