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(A) A third party, neutral facilitator who assists adverse parties in conducting effective communication and negotiation in order to find an appropriate resolution to resolve the dispute and result in a settlement. (B) The act of some mutual friend of two contending parties, who brings them to agree, compromise or settle their disputes. (C) Intervention; interposition ; the act … [Read more...] about MEDIATION

"The practice of medicine is a pursuit very generally known and understood, and so also is that of surgery. The former includes the application and use of medicines and drugs for the purpose of curing, mitigating, or alleviating bodily diseases, while the functions of the latter are limited to manual operations usually performed by surgical instruments or appliances." Smith v. … [Read more...] about MEDICINE

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A box containing an assortment of medicines. 2. The act of congress for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchant service, sect. 8, 1 Story's L. U. S. 106, directs that every ship or vessel, belonging to a citizen or citizens of the United States, of the burthen of one hundred and fifty tons or upwards, navigated by ten or more persons in the whole, and bound on a … [Read more...] about MEDICINE CHEST

One who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them. Mediators of questions. In English law. Six persons authorized by statute. (27 Edw. III. St. 2, c. 24,) who, upon any question arising among merchants relating to unmerchantable wool, or undue packing, etc., might, before the mayor and officers of the staple upon their oath certify and settle … [Read more...] about MEDIATOR