a decision that is made wrongfully possibly due to whim or for the wrong or unsound reasons.

The difference between a free and an arbitrary government is that in the former limits are assigned to those to whom the administration is committed, but the latter depends on […]

the authority to act in any manner that a person sees fit to do.

That punishment which is left to the decision of the judge, in distinction from those defined by statute.

In practice . The investigation and determination of a matter or matters of difference between contending parties, by one or more unofficial persons, chosen by the parties, and called “arbitrators,” […]

A clause inserted in a contract providing for compulsory arbitration in case of dispute as to righis or liabilities under it; ineffectual if it purports to oust the courts of […]

This takes place where a merchant pays his debts in one country by a bill of exchange upon another.

A private, disinterested person, chosen by the parties to a disputed question, for the purpose of hearing their contention, and giving judgment between them; to whose decision (award) the litigants […]

In Spanish and Mexican law. Taxes imposed by municipalities on certain articles of merchandise , to defray the general expenses of government, in default of revenues from “proprios,” 1. e., […]

The decision of an arbiter, or arbitrator; an award; a judgment.

An award is a judgment Jenk. Cent. 137.

An award is the judgment of a good man, according to justice. 3 Bulst. 04.

Lat. A tree; a plant; something larger than an herb; a general term including vines, osiers, and even reeds. The mast of a ship. Brissonius. Timber. Aiusworth; Calvin.

A table, formed in the shape of a tree, showing the genealogy of a family. See the arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists. Hale, Com. Law, 335.

[That which is] a tree while it grows, [is] wood when it ceases to grow. Cro. Jac. 100; Hob. 77&, in marg.

In old English law . A boundary tree; a tree used for making a boundary line. Bract, fols. 107, 207b.

A discharge of electricity over a space with two electrodes.

A furnace that creates heat with electric current. Metal scrap or electrodes are used in this proces.

Joining metals by heating the spaces between them and adding a filler metal.

Lat. In the civil law . A chest or coffer; a place for keeping money. Dig. 30, 30, 0; Id. 32, 64. Brissonius.

State secrets. 1 Bl. Comm. 337.

In civil and old English law. A treasurer; a keeper of public money. Cod. 10, 70, 15; Spelman.

A collection of Saxon laws, published during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the Saxon language, with a Latin version by Lambard.

A strong angel investor with a successful history in investment. A consultant kept by angels to research and present opportunities.

In English ecclesiastical law . The chief of the clergy in his province, having supreme power under the king or queen in all ecclesiastical causes.