be reduced to a judgment

English translation: converted to a judgment

20:51 Sep 18, 2019

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English term or phrase: be reduced to a judgment

Full Text:
The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and may, if necessary, be reduced to a judgment in any court to which the Parties have consented to jurisdiction as set forth in the Agreement.

Hello,

I am having a problem to grab the idea of this verb 'reduce' in this sentence. It looks to me like the arbitrator's decision can be converted to a judgement in a court. But I don't know if such thing is possible. Please help me.

Harry Oikawa KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) Answers: 248
Local time: 08:42

Selected answer:converted to a judgment

Explanation:
Indeed, it seems that the verb "reduce" in this context means "transform" or "convert". There are several results in a Google search which show this. One of them is given below.

"Reducing" the arbitration award to a court judgment gives the award additional "clout" for enforcement as it becomes a legal matter, no longer subject to the arbitration rules.

Selected response from:

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 03:42

Grading comment

Your explanation and the link were very useful. I found the equivalent clause in Japan' Arbitration Law.

Thank you, Martin. Much obliged!
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converted to a judgment

Martin Riordan

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be scaled down to a judgement

Alexander Gulevskiy

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17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

be scaled down to a judgement

Explanation:
In my view, it can mean that a judgement in a court is a less severe alternative to what was originally intended by the arbitrator and it can be chosen as an outcome of the process. The reason for that might be that the decision shall be final and, therefore, there is a need for a rapid solution.

Alexander Gulevskiy
Local time: 08:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Alexander! I appreciate your effort.

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

converted to a judgment

Once confirmed, the award is then reduced to an enforceable judgment, which may be enforced by the winning party in court, like any other judgment.

https://thebusinessprofessor.com/knowledge-base/how-are-arbitration-awards-enforced/

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 03:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Your explanation and the link were very useful. I found the equivalent clause in Japan' Arbitration Law.

Thank you, Martin. Much obliged!

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