Alternative Dispute Resolution is a mechanism by which different types of legal disputes are resolved through out-of-court processes like arbitration, and mediation as an alternative to civil litigation. ADR methods can be effective in reducing the time, money, and adversarial nature associated with traditional court-based proceedings.
Sedgewickville is a village in northern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the population was 197; a 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 192, a decrease of 2.54%. Sedgewickville is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.