Submission
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SUBMISSION. A yielding to authority. A citizen is bound to submit to the
laws; a child to his parents; a servant to his master. A victor may enforce,
the submission of his enemy.
2. When a captor has taken a prize, and the vanquished have submitted
to his authority, the property, as between the belligerents, has been
transferred. When there is complete possession on one side, and submission
upon the other, the capture is complete. 1 Gallis. R. 532.
SUBMISSION, contracts. An agreement by which persons who have a law suit or
difference with one another, name arbitrators to decide the matter, and bind
themselves reciprocally to perform what shall be arbitrated.
2. The submission may be by the act of the parties simply, or through
the medium of a court of law or equity. When it is made by the parties alone
it may be in writing or not in writing. Kyd on Aw. 11; Caldw. on Arb. 16; 6
Watts' R. 357. When it is made through the medium of a court, it is made a
matter of record by rule of court. The extent of the submission may be
various, according to the pleasure of the parties; it may be of only one, or
of all civil matters in dispute, but no criminal matter can be referred. It
is usual to put in a time within which the arbitrators shall pronounce their
award. Caldw. on Arb. ch. 3; Kyd on Awards, ch. 1; Civ. Code of Lo. tit. 19
3 Vin. Ab. 131; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 174; 6 Toull. n. 827; 8 Toull. n. 332;
Merl. Repert. mot Compromis; 1 S. & R. 24; 5 S. & R. 51; 8 S. & R. 9; 1
Dall. 164; 6 Watts, R. 134; 7 Watts, R. 362; 6 Binn. 333, 422; 2 Miles, R,
169; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2483, et seq.