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seat of arbitration

noun/siːt əv ˌɑːbɪˈtreɪʃən/

B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The legal jurisdiction in which an arbitration is anchored, whose courts and arbitration law govern the proceedings and supervise the award.

The parties chose London as the seat of arbitration, so the English Arbitration Act 1996 governs any challenge to the award.

Similar: legal seat, place of arbitration

Topic: Arbitration in Legal English

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