Look up: mediation

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   Mediation
   Trying to help two people or two groups involved in a disagreement to agree or find a solution to their problems.
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   mediation
   [n] - negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party 2. [n] - the act of mediating
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   Mediation
   In accelerated learning it refers to the individual's ability to 'stand between' the old and new behaviours and to sort out the differences between them.
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   mediation
   Technical term in G W F Hegel's philosophy, and in Marxist philosophy influenced by Hegel, describing the way in which an entity is defined through its relations to other entities. ...
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   Mediation
   Process taking place outside a court to resolve a dispute.
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   Mediation
   Process for resolving disagreements between parents and authorities. Involves an informal meeting between the two sides and an independent mediator to chair the discussions. Mediation is voluntary, confidential and choosing not to take part will not affect the right to challenge an authoritys decision through independent adjudication or the additio ...
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   mediation
   the search, prior to or during criminal proceedings, for a negotiated solution between the victim and the author of the offence, mediated by a competent person Category: Law • a process that routes and/or acts on information passing between NEs and OSs via DCN.Mediation can be shared among NE(s)and/or OS(s).The processes that can form mediation can be classified into following five gen...
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   Mediation
   A process for resolving disagreements in which an impartial third party (the mediator) helps people in dispute to find a mutually acceptable resolution. If mediation fails court proceedings can be initiated or re-activated
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   Mediation
   The use of a mediator to help reach a settlement in a dispute. Mediation differs from arbitration in that a mediator will not come down on one side or the other and make an award. The aim of mediation is to persuade the parties to reach agreement and not to impose a ruling that has to be obeyed. Some County Courts now operate mediation schemes, whi ...
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    Mediation
    A process by which a professionally trained mediator (neutral third party) helps parties in dispute to work out their own mutually agreeable solution.
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    Mediation
    Me`di·a'tion noun [ Middle English mediacioun , French médiation . See Mediate , adjective ] 1. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. « The soul [ acts] by the mediation of these passions.» South. 2. ...
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    mediation
    The action of an intermediary substance (mediator). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    mediation
    intermediation noun the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
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    mediation
    noun negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party
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    Mediation
    `Mediation`, a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), aims to assist two (or more) disputants in reaching an agreement. Whether an agreement results or not, and whatever the content of that agreement, if any, the parties themselves determine ` rather than accepting something imposed by a third party. The disputes may involve states, organizations, communities, individuals or other representatives with a vested interest in the outcome. Med...
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    Mediation
    • (a.) The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. • (a.) Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.
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    mediation
    a practice under which, in a conflict, the services of a third party are utilized to reduce the differences or to seek a solution. Mediation differs ...
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    mediation
    The action of an intermediary substance (mediator).
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    Mediation
    A procedure by which an impartial third party (a mediator) is used to settle disputes. The mediator assists in resolving the dispute by attempting to find a solution satisfactory to both parties in a dispute but renders no binding decisions. In the Federal Government, mediation is required before impasses can be referred to the Federal Service Impasses Panel. 
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    mediation
    An informal, voluntary process used in securities industry disputes in which a mediator helps negotiate a mutually-acceptable resolution between disputing parties. Unlike arbitration or litigation, mediation does not impose a solution. If the parties cannot negotiate an acceptable settlement, they may still arbitrate or litigate their dispute. (See arbitration)
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    mediation
    mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, in a process known as by conciliat...
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    Mediation
    (Lat. mediatio) The act or condition in which an intermediary is supplied between heterogeneous terms. (a) In philosophy: Mediation is necessary in systems in which two forms of reality are held to be so different that immediate interaction is impossible; this is the case in later Neo-PIatonism, and particularly in the Cartesiam'sm of Malebranche,...
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