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arcana imperii (ahr-kay-n<<schwa>> im-peer-ee-I). [Latin] State secrets. [Blacks Law 8th]

arborum  furtim  caesarum  (ahr-bor-<<schwa>>m  f<<schwa>>r-tim  si-sair-<<schwa>>m  or si-zair-). [Latin] Roman law. A civil action in tort for secretly cutting down trees on another’s land. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbor  finalis  (ahr-b<<schwa>>r  fi-nay-lis).  [Latin]  Hist.  A  boundary  tree;  a  tree  used  for marking a boundary line. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbor consanguinitatis.See ARBOR CIVILIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbor civilis (ahr-b<<schwa>>r siv-<<schwa>>-lis). [Latin “civil tree”] A genealogical tree. — Also termed arbor consanguinitatis. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbitrium (ahr-bi-tree-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] An award; a decision of an arbitrator. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbitrement.Archaic. See ARBITRAMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbitrator,n. A neutral person who resolves disputes between parties, esp. by means of formal arbitration.  ME-DIATOR;  ARBITER.  —  Also  termed  (in  Latin)  compromissarius.  [Cases: Arbitration    26, 29. C.J.S. Arbi-tration §§ 58, 60, 62, 68, 107, 109.] — arbitratorship,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

arbitration  clause.A  contractual  provision  mandating  arbitration  —  and  thereby  avoiding litigation  —  of  dis-putes  about  the  contracting  parties’  rights,  duties,  and  liabilities.  [Cases: Arbitration    1.1. C.J.S. Arbitration §§ 2, 6.] [Blacks Law 8th]

arbitration of exchange.The simultaneous buying and selling of bills of exchange in different international  markets,  with  the  hope  of  profiting  from  the  price  difference  of  the  currencies  in those markets. See ARBITRAGE; DRAFT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]