Definitions

Definitions.-In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-

1. (a) "arbitration agreement" means a written agreement to submit present or future differences to arbitration; whether an arbitrator is named therein or not;
2. (b) "award" means an arbitration award;
3. (c) "Court" means a Civil Court having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the reference, if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but does not, except for the purpose of arbitration proceedings under section 21, include a Small Cause Court;
4. (d) "legal representative" has the meaning assigned to this expression in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1977;
5. (e) "reference" means a reference to arbitration.