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Arbitration is the determination of a dispute by an arbitrator or arbitrators rather than by a court of law. Any civil (i.e. non-criminal) matter may be settled in this way; commercial contracts often contain arbitration clauses providing for this to be done in a specified way. If each side appoints its own arbitrator, as is usual, and the arbitrators fail to agree, the arbitrators are often empowered to appoint an umpire, whose decision is final. Arbitration is made binding on the parties by the Arbitration Acts (1950 and 1975). Various industries and chambers of commerce set up tribunals for dealing with disputes in their particular trade or business.
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An umpire is a person appointed to arbitrate or decide between two opposing parties. If several arbitrators disagree, an umpire is called in to settle the dispute. The term is used in various sports, notably in cricket there being two umpires at a match, who are not appointed by the parties.
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Robert W Crockett was an Australian cricket umpire. He was born in 1863 and died in 1935. He officiated at 33 Test matches between 1901 and 1925.
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An umpire is someone to whose sole decision a matter in dispute between two parties is referred.
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HMS Umpire was a British U Class submarine of 540 tons displacement launched and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Umpire was powered by two Davey Paxman diesel engines providing a top speed of 11 knots surfaced and two electric motors providing a top speed of 9 knots submerged. She carried a complement of 31 was armed with one 3 inch gun; three machine-guns and four 21 inch bow torpedo tubes.
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