A yielding to authority. A citizen is bound to submit to the laws; a child to his parents. In practice . A submission Is a covenant by which persons who have a lawsuit or dif- ference with one another name arbitrators to decide the matter, and bind themselves reciprocally to perform what shall be arbitrated. Civ. Code La. art. 3000; Garr v. Gomez, 9 Wend. (X. Y.) 001; District of Columbia v. Bailey, 171 U. S. 101, 18 Sup. Ct. 808, 43 L. Ed. 118; Chorpenning v. U. S., 11 Ct. CI. 02S; Shod v. Railroad Co., 07 Mo. 0S7. In maritime law . Submission on the part of the vanquished, and complete possession on the part of the victor, transfer property as between belligerents. The Alexander, 1 Gall. 032, Fed. Cas. No. 104.
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