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- 1 2 "Arbitration Act (2000)". Uniform Law Commission. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ Meyerson, Bruce (2016). "The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act: 15 Years Later" (PDF). Dispute Resolution Journal. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ↑ "Uniform Business and Financial Laws Locator". Legal Information Institute. Cornell University Law School. Retrieved 15 September 2016.