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Vacatur

The setting aside of an arbitration award under 9 USC 10 on narrow grounds such as corruption, fraud, evident partiality, or manifest disregard of the law.

Encyclopedia entry: Vacatur

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vacatur

The term vacatur is Latin for "it is vacated." A vacatur is a rule or order that sets aside a judgment or annuls a proceeding. 

See, e.g. Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, 130 S.Ct. 2743 (2010) .

See also: Vacate

[Last reviewed in July of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team

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