Federal Arbitration Act. A federal statute providing for the enforcement of private agreements to arbitrate disputes related to interstate commercial and maritime matters. • Under the Act, arbitration agreements are enforced in accordance with their terms, just as other contracts are. The Act supersedes substantive state laws that frustrate enforcement of arbitration agreements, but it […]
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Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act. A 1958 model statute requiring a state to timely dispose of any untried charges against a prisoner in that state, on the prisoner’s written request. • The Act has been adopted by several states. See INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS ACT.
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consortship (kon-sort-ship).Maritime law. An agreement by which salvors agree to work together to salvage wrecks, the recovery being apportioned among the salvors. • Consortships reduce interference among competing salvors and help prevent collisions at sea between operators attempting to salvage the same wreck.
默示协议（承认） 英语：tacit agreement (admission) 法语：assentiment tacite, contrat tacite 德语：stillschweigende Billigung 意大利语：approvazione tacita 西班牙语：aprobación tácita