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ADR

Meaning in law, with examples

/ˌeɪ diː ˈɑː/abbreviationCommon term

In law, ADR means: Short for alternative dispute resolution: ways of solving legal disputes outside the courts, such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration.

In Turkish: alternatif uyuşmazlık çözümü, alternatif uyuşmazlık çözüm yolları

How it is used

Courts and clients increasingly expect parties to 'consider ADR' before or during litigation, and contracts often include an 'ADR clause'. Some writers do not count arbitration as ADR because it ends in a binding award.

Example sentences

  1. The judge encouraged both sides to try ADR before the trial date.

  2. Mediation is the most common form of ADR in commercial disputes.

Common collocations

  • consider ADR
  • ADR clause
  • forms of ADR
  • refuse to engage in ADR
  • settlementAn agreement that ends a legal dispute without a court decision, usually with one side paying an agreed amount to the other.
  • tribunalA body set up to hear and decide particular kinds of disputes, such as employment or tax cases, often less formal than an ordinary court; also an arbitration panel.
  • lawsuitA claim that one person or company brings against another in a civil court, usually asking for money or for an order to stop something.
  • proceedingsThe formal steps of a legal case, from the moment it is started until it is finished; the legal process as a whole.

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