0 past simple and past participle of arbitrate
1 to make a judgment in an argument, usually because asked to do so by those involved:
Another was the social and geographical extension of a national public sphere : neighbourly conflicts were increasingly arbitrated impersonally and by supra-local authority.
Working from the videotapes and arbitrated transcripts, each individual then coded approximately one-third of the delayedrecall sessions.
The institutions have in some cases peacefully and conclusively arbitrated and managed conflicts, particularly ethnic conflicts.
Masters and constables arbitrated at a rate of about ten times that of commoners.
In some cases, the specific institutions of the federal arrangement have arbitrated ethnic conflict peacefully.
The major market halls of the city arbitrated small disputes and levied fines for infractions of regulations.
Court contacts generally multiplied with activity, and those with the most activity tended to be those of high status who arbitrated often.
Arbitrated cases particularly forged new relationships.