1. A yielding to the authority or will of another (his resistance ended in an about-face: complete submission).
2. A contract in which the parties agree to refer their dispute to a third party for resolution (in their submission to arbitration, they referred to the rules of the American Arbitration Association). [Cases: Arbitration 11.5–17. C.J.S. Arbitration §§ 7, 9, 14–15, 17–24, 26, 47–57, 184.]
3. An advocate’s argument (neither the written nor the oral submissions were particularly helpful). — submit, vb.