English English Dictionary

Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

To act as arbiter between.

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.

Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration.

Determination; decision; arbitration.

The award of arbitrators.

In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.

The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

Arbitrary; despotic.

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.

Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

To decide, or determine generally.

To decide; to determine.

To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.

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