§ 684.0001 Short title
§ 684.0002 Scope of application
§ 684.0003 Definitions and rules of interpretation
§ 684.0004 International origin and general principles
§ 684.0005 Receipt of written communications
§ 684.0006 Waiver of right to object
§ 684.0007 Extent of court intervention
§ 684.0008 Court for certain functions of arbitration assistance and supervision
§ 684.0009 Arbitration agreement and substantive claim before court
§ 684.001 Arbitration agreement and interim measures by a court
§ 684.0011 Number of arbitrators
§ 684.0012 Appointment of arbitrators
§ 684.0013 Grounds for challenge
§ 684.0014 Challenge procedure
§ 684.0015 Failure or impossibility to act
§ 684.0016 Appointment of substitute arbitrator
§ 684.0017 Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction
§ 684.0018 Power of arbitral tribunal to order interim measures
§ 684.0019 Conditions for granting interim measures
§ 684.002 Applications for preliminary orders and conditions for granting preliminary orders
§ 684.0021 Specific regime for preliminary orders
§ 684.0022 Modification, suspension, or termination; interim measure or preliminary order
§ 684.0023 Provision of security
§ 684.0024 Disclosure
§ 684.0025 Costs and damages
§ 684.0026 Recognition and enforcement
§ 684.0027 Grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement
§ 684.0028 Court-ordered interim measures
§ 684.0029 Equal treatment of parties
§ 684.003 Determination of rules of procedure
§ 684.0031 Place of arbitration
§ 684.0032 Commencement of arbitral proceedings
§ 684.0033 Language
§ 684.0034 Statements of claim and defense
§ 684.0035 Hearings and written proceedings
§ 684.0036 Default of a party
§ 684.0037 Expert appointed by arbitral tribunal
§ 684.0038 Court assistance in taking evidence
§ 684.0039 Rules applicable to substance of dispute
§ 684.004 Decisionmaking by panel of arbitrators
§ 684.0041 Settlement
§ 684.0042 Form and contents of award
§ 684.0043 Termination of proceedings
§ 684.0044 Correction and interpretation of award; additional award
§ 684.0045 Immunity for arbitrators
§ 684.0046 Application to set aside as exclusive recourse against arbitral award
§ 684.0047 Recognition and enforcement
§ 684.0048 Grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement
§ 684.0049 Consent to jurisdiction

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Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 684 - International Commercial Arbitration

  • Account: means any deposit or credit account with a bank, including a demand, time, savings, passbook, share draft, or like account, other than an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Afternoon: means the period of a day between noon and midnight. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Arbitral tribunal: means a sole arbitrator or panel of arbitrators. See Florida Statutes 684.0003
  • Arbitration: means any arbitration, whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution. See Florida Statutes 684.0003
  • Arbitration agreement: means an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes that have arisen or may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or not. See Florida Statutes 684.0003
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Banking day: means the part of a day on which a bank is open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its banking functions. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Clearinghouse: means an association of banks or other payors regularly clearing items. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Court: means a circuit court of this state. See Florida Statutes 684.0003
  • Customer: means a person having an account with a bank or for whom a bank has agreed to collect items, including a bank that maintains an account at another bank. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Documentary draft: means a draft to be presented for acceptance or payment if specified documents, certificated securities (s. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Draft: means a draft as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Drawee: means a person ordered in a draft to make payment. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Item: means an instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. See Florida Statutes 674.104
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01