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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Answer - A respondent's written reply to a claim.
Arbitration/Counsel or Arbitration Administrator - The person at the sponsoring organization who handles administrative matters in arbitration proceedings.
Arbitrator - A person chosen to decide disputes between parties.
Award - The written determination of the arbitrator(s).
Claim - A demand for money or other relief.
Claimant - A person making a claim.
Counsel - An attorney who advises and represents a party in an arbitration.
Counterclaim - A claim against the claimant.
Cross-Claim - A claim by a respondent against a co-respondent previously named by the claimant.
Filing - Delivery to the Director of Arbitration of the statement of claim or other pleadings, to be kept on file as a matter of record and reference.
Panel - The arbitrator(s) who decide(s) a dispute.
Party - A person or broker/dealer making or responding to a claim in an arbitration proceeding.
Pleadings - The claim, answer, counterclaim, and/or third-party claim and/or cross-claim filed in an arbitration.
Respondent - The person against whom a claim is made.
Service - Delivery of the statement of claim or other pleadings to those parties named in the arbitration.
Third-Party Claim - A claim by the respondent against a party not already named in the proceeding.
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