Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
§ 172.002 — DEFINITIONS
CP § 172.002Title 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION · Ch. 172. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this chapter:
(1)"Arbitration" includes any arbitration without regard to whether it is administered by a permanent arbitration institution.
(2)"Arbitration agreement" means an agreement to arbitrate a dispute that has arisen or may arise between the parties concerning a defined legal relationship, without regard to whether the legal relationship is contractual. The term includes an arbitration clause in a contract or a separate agreement.
(3)"Arbitration award" means a decision of an arbitration tribunal on the substance of a dispute submitted to it and includes an interim, interlocutory, or partial award.
(4)"Arbitration tribunal" means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators.
(5)"Claim" includes a counterclaim.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 109, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 249-2 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.