Relating to or involving arbitration or an arbiter's judgment and authority.
From Latin 'arbiter' + '-al' suffix. The legal term developed as arbitration became formalized as a distinct system of dispute resolution separate from court proceedings.
When a contract says 'arbitral clause,' it's basically a legal trap that says 'if we fight, we can't go to court—we must go to a private judge'—and many people don't realize they've agreed to this until it's too late!
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