Award
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. awarda, awardum; L. Fr. agard, from Fr. agarder, to be guarded, observed or kept; so called because it is imposed on the parties to be observed or kept by them; {quod ad ohservandum seu custodiendum, partihus imponitur.) Spelman.'j The judgment or decision made and given by an arbitrator or arbitrators, or an umpire, respecting any matter in dispute submitted to them.
3 Bl. Com. 16. Billings on Awards, 119. Watson on Arb. 174. Russel Vs Arbitrator, "234.
In old English law
The verdict of a jury. Spelman, voc.
Awardum.