noun
Legal term for resolving a dispute by an impartial third party rather than through court litigation.
両社は仲裁裁判で紛争を解決した。
The two companies resolved the dispute through arbitration.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant using the iteration mark 々; the standard form 仲裁裁判 is preferred.
調停 (mediation) involves a mediator helping parties reach a voluntary agreement, while 仲裁裁判 (arbitration) results in a binding decision by the arbitrator.
Compound of 仲裁 (arbitration) and 裁判 (trial, judgment).