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recognition

noun/ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A court's acceptance of a foreign award as valid and binding, a precondition to enforcement.

Recognition of the award was granted, clearing the way for attachment of the debtor's assets.

Topic: Arbitration in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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