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submission (iou)



submission noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin submissio(n-), formed as SUBMISS adjective: see -ION.]
a. Law. Agreement to abide by a decision or to obey an authority; reference to the decision or judgement of a (third) party, esp. reference of a matter to arbitration; an instance of this. Also (Scots Law), a contract by which parties in a dispute agree to submit to arbitration; a document embodying this. LME.
J. Erskine The day within which the arbiters are to decide is left blank in the submission. J. L. Esposito The occasion for the..secession from the main body of the community was Ali's submission to arbitration in his struggle.
b. Law. A proposition or argument submitted by counsel to a judge or jury. E20.
R. C. A. White The defendant's solicitor can make a submission of no case to answer.
c. The action or an act of submitting a matter to a higher authority for decision or consideration; a thing so submitted, an application, a proposal. E20.
E. Bridges It will not be possible to make any..submission to Ministers before the recess. Times The submission of..tenders by a number of British firms.
The state or condition of being submissive or obedient; deferential conduct, attitude, or bearing; humility. arch. LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI I..in submission will attend on her. Clarendon He had not that..submission and reverence for the Queen as might have been expected.
b. In pl. Acts of deference or homage. arch. E17.
The action or an act of submitting or yielding to authority, another person, etc.; the condition of having so submitted; spec. (Wrestling) the surrender of a competitor yielding to a hold. L15.
F. Herbert Don't waste the population, merely drive them into utter submission. J. Wainwright Her..appearance was one of complete submission to circumstances over which she had no control.
Admission, confession. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
submissionist noun an advocate of submission, esp. in political or national affairs E19.