Glossary
Seat of arbitration
common-lawcivil-law
The legal home of an arbitration, determining the supervisory court and annulment grounds.
In more detail
The seat is a legal concept distinct from the physical venue of hearings. It fixes which national law governs the arbitration's procedure, which courts may set aside the award, and often how the award is treated for enforcement purposes elsewhere.
Related terms
- arbitral-award
- ad-hoc-arbitration
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