Ohio Code § 2712.01

§ 2712.01.

As used in this chapter: (A) “ Arbitral award ” means any decisions of the arbitral tribunal on the substance of the dispute submitted

to it and includes an interim, interlocutory, or partial arbitral award. (B) “ Arbitral tribunal ” means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators. (C) “ Arbitration ” means any arbitration, whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution. (D) “ Arbitration agreement ” means an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes

that have arisen or that may arise between them in respect of a defined legal, contractual

or other relationship. (E) “ Conciliation ” means any conciliation, whether or not administered by a permanent conciliation

institution. (F) “ Court ” means a body or an organ of the judicial system of a state. (G) “ Court of common pleas ” means the court of common pleas of the county of this state described in or selected

pursuant to section 2712.11 of the Revised Code . (H) “ Foreign nation ” means any nation other than the United States and includes any province, territory,

or other political subdivision of that nation. (I) “ Party ” means a party to an arbitration or conciliation agreement. (J) Except as provided in division (L) of this section, “ state ” means the United States and any foreign nation. (K) “ Supreme court ” means the supreme court of this state. (L) “ This state ” has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code . (M) “ United States ” includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of

the United States and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United

States.