Award
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Award
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Award
The determination or decision of a tribunal or court on the matter in controversy before same. grant , adjudge.
Award Alternative Definition
(Law. Lat. awarda, atvardum; old French, agarda, from a garder). To keep, preserve; to be guarded, or kept. So called because it is imposed on the parties to be observed or kept by them. Spelman. The judgment, or decision of arbitrators or referees on a matter submitted to them.' The writing containing such judgment. Cowell; Termes de la Ley; 3 Bouv. Inst, note 2402.
Synonyms of Award
noun
act ofjudgment
action
adjudgment
adjudication
authoritative decision
decision
decree
determination
edict
finding
grant
judication
judicial decision
judicial sentence
opinion
order
order of the court
pronouncement
pronouncement by a court
recorded expression of a formal judgment
resolution
result
ruling
ruling of the court
verdict
warrant
Associated Concepts: arbitration and award
award of damages
compensatory award
confirmation of an award
monetary award
punitive award
Synonyms of Award
verb
acton
addicere
adiudicare
adjudge
adjudge to be due
adjudicate
bestow by judicial decree
bring in a verdict
conclude
decide
decree
decree by deliberate judgment
decree to be merited
deliverjudgment
determine
establish
find
fix
ordain
order
pass judgment
pass sentence
pass upon
pronounce
pronounce judgment
pronounce on
rule
settle
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English Legal System: Award
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Award:
See arbitratio
Concept of Award in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Award: In condemnation, the amount paid for the property taken.
Concept of Award in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Award: In condemnation, the amount paid for the property taken.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Award
(You may find award at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
late 14c., "decide after careful observation," from Anglo-French awarder, from Old North French eswarder (Old French esgarder) "decide, judge, give one's opinion" (after careful consideration), from es- "out" (see ex-) + warder "to watch," a word from Germanic (see ward; this term is also a noun.). Related: Awarded; awarding.
Award in Maritime Law
Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.
The following is a definition of Award, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: The arbitral award (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) which embodies the decision of an arbitral tribunal (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary). See the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985 (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary), arts. 28-36. See also the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (see UNCITRAL, (see this legal term in this law dictionary)), art. 31, and the New York Convention 1958 (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary), art. I(2). The term "award" is also used to designate the decision of arbitrators determining the quantum of a salvage reward (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) and ordering the payment of that reward to the salvor(s). See the Salvage Convention 1989 (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary), art. 26. See also Tetley, Int'l M. & A. L., 2003 at pp. 347-352.
Award in Admiralty Law
For information on award in this context, see the entry on award in the maritime law encyclopedia.