Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 50 / Chapter 859 / Section 50-8
Sec. 50-8. Marine vegetable deposits.
Status: in_force

Seaweed drifted on his land, belongs to riparian owner; cast upon seashore belongs to the gatherer, but failure to remove within 24 hours destroys his title. 34 C. 422. Manure abandoned on highway belongs to gatherer, and he may remove it within reasonable time. 37 C. 500.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-132 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-132
Sec. 50a-132. Termination of proceedings.
Status: in_force

(2) The arbitral tribunal shall issue an order for the termination of the arbitral proceedings when:

(a) The claimant withdraws his claim, unless the respondent objects thereto and the arbitral tribunal recognizes a legitimate interest on his part in obtaining a final settlement of the dispute;

(b) The parties agree on the termination of the proceedings;

(c) The arbitral tribunal finds that the continuation of the proceedings has for any other reason become unnecessary or impossible.

(3) The mandate of the arbitral tribunal terminates with the termination of the arbitral proceedings, subject to the provisions of section 50a-133 and subsection (4) of section 50a-134 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-4 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 860 / Section 50a-4
Sec. 50a-4. (Formerly Sec. 45-194d). International will: Other points of form.
Status: in_force

(b) The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date shall be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.

(c) The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of his will. If so and at the express request of the testator, the place where he intends to have his will kept shall be mentioned in the certificate provided for in section 50a-5 .

(d) A will executed in compliance with section 50a-3 is not invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-60 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-60
Sec. 50a-60. Enforcement of foreign judgments.
Status: in_force

(b) A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state of the United States shall be enforced in this state by a judgment in United States dollars only.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-33 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861 / Section 50a-33
Sec. 50a-33. (Formerly Sec. 52-613). Recognition and enforcement.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 52-613:

Cited. 41 CS 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-59 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-59
Sec. 50a-59. Prejudgment and judgment interest.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an increase or decrease in calculated prejudgment interest may be made in a foreign-money claim to the extent required by the law of this state applicable in an action or distribution proceeding for United States dollars, if there is a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement, an offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.

(c) A judgment shall bear interest at the rate applicable for a judgment under the law of this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-57 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-57
Sec. 50a-57. Judgments on foreign-money claims. Form.
Status: in_force

(b) The judgment is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the judgment debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date.

(c) Assessed costs shall be entered in United States dollars.

(d) Each payment in United States dollars shall be accepted and credited on the judgment in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment.

(e) Awards made on both (1) a defense, set-off, recoupment or counterclaim, and (2) the adverse party's claim, shall be netted by converting the moneys of the smaller award into the money of the larger and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, as if a payment had occurred on the date of the most recent award, and shall provide in the judgment the rates of exchange used.

(f) A judgment substantially in the following form complies with subsection (a) of this section:

IT IS ADJUDGED AND ORDERED, THAT Defendant (insert name) pay to Plaintiff (insert name) the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) plus interest on that sum at the rate of (insert rate as provided in section 50a-59) per cent a year or, at the option of the judgment debtor, such number of United States dollars as will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.

(g) A judgment shall be recorded and indexed in the foreign money in the same manner and shall have the same effect as a lien as other judgments. It may be discharged by payment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-119 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-119
Sec. 50a-119. Determination of rules of procedure.
Status: in_force

(2) Failing such agreement, the arbitral tribunal may, subject to the provisions of this chapter, conduct the arbitration in such manner as it considers appropriate. The power conferred upon the arbitral tribunal includes the power to determine the admissibility, relevance, materiality and weight of any evidence.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-123 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-123
Sec. 50a-123. Statements of claim and defense.
Status: in_force

(2) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, either party may amend or supplement his claim or defense during the course of the arbitral proceedings, unless the arbitral tribunal considers it inappropriate to allow such amendment having regard to the delay in making it.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50-2 — Connecticut Code / Title 50 / Chapter 859 / Section 50-2
Sec. 50-2. Disposition of goods not perishable.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-285 re sale of unclaimed goods by police departments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 50 / Chapter 859 / Section 50-1
Sec. 50-1. Disposition of perishable property.
Status: in_force

Goods subject to speedy decay are perishable, as also may be goods which would materially depreciate in value. 31 C. 498.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-114 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-114
Sec. 50a-114. Inability or failure to act.
Status: in_force

(2) If, under this section or subsection (2) of section 50a-113 , an arbitrator withdraws from his office or a party agrees to the termination of the mandate of an arbitrator, this does not imply acceptance of the validity of any ground referred to in this section or subsection (2) of section 50a-112 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-128 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-128
Sec. 50a-128. Rules applicable to substance of dispute.
Status: in_force

(2) Failing any designation by the parties, the arbitral tribunal shall apply the law determined by the conflict of laws rules which it considers applicable.

(3) The arbitral tribunal shall decide ex aequo et bono or as amiable compositeur only if the parties have expressly authorized it do so.

(4) In all cases, the arbitral tribunal shall decide in accordance with the terms of the contract and shall take into account the usages of the trade applicable to the transaction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-101 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-101
Sec. 50a-101. Scope of application.
Status: in_force

(2) The provisions of this chapter, except sections 50a-108 , 50a-109 , 50a-135 and 50a-136 , apply only if the place of arbitration is in this state.

(3) An arbitration is international if:

(a) The parties to an arbitration agreement have, at the time of the conclusion of that agreement, their places of business in different countries; or

(b) One of the following places is situated outside the country in which the parties have their places of business: (i) The place of arbitration if determined in, or pursuant to, the arbitration agreement; (ii) any place where a substantial part of the obligations of the commercial relationship is to be performed or the place with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely connected; or

(c) The parties have expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration agreement relates to more than one country.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) of this section:

(a) If a party has more than one place of business, the place of business is that which has the closest relationship to the arbitration agreement;

(b) If a party does not have a place of business, reference is to be made to his habitual residence.

(5) This chapter shall not affect any other law of this state by virtue of which certain disputes may not be submitted to arbitration or may be submitted to arbitration only according to provisions other than those of this chapter.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 860 / Section 50a-1
Sec. 50a-1. (Formerly Sec. 45-194a). International will: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “International will” means a will executed in conformity with sections 50a-2 to 50a-5 , inclusive.

(2) “Authorized person” and “person authorized to act in connection with international wills” means a person who by section 50a-9 or by the laws of the United States, including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by Foreign Service Regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-126 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-126
Sec. 50a-126. Expert appointed by arbitral tribunal.
Status: in_force

(a) May appoint one or more experts to report to it on specific issues to be determined by the arbitral tribunal;

(b) May require a party to give the expert relevant information or to produce, or to provide access to, relevant documents, goods or other property for his inspection.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if a party so requests or if the arbitral tribunal considers it necessary, the expert shall, after delivery of his written or oral report, participate in a hearing where the parties have the opportunity to put questions to him and to present expert witnesses in order to testify on the points at issue.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-3 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 860 / Section 50a-3
Sec. 50a-3. (Formerly Sec. 45-194c). International will: Requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) The testator shall declare in the presence of two witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof. The testator need not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents of the will.

(c) In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, the testator shall sign the will or, if he has previously signed it, shall acknowledge his signature.

(d) If the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his signature does not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates the reason for his inability to sign and the authorized person makes note thereof on the will. In that case, it is permissible for any other person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at the direction of the testator, to sign the testator's name for him if the authorized person makes note of this on the will, but it is not required that any person sign the testator's name for him.

(e) The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest the will by signing in the presence of the testator.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-102 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-102
Sec. 50a-102. Definitions and rules of interpretation.
Status: in_force

(a) “Arbitration” means any arbitration whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution;

(b) “Arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators;

(c) “Court” means a body or organ of the judicial system of a country or any political subdivision thereof;

(d) Where a provision of this chapter, except section 50a-128 , leaves the parties free to determine a certain issue, such freedom includes the right of the parties to authorize a third party, including an institution, to make that determination;

(e) Where a provision of this chapter refers to the fact that the parties have agreed or that they may agree or in any other way refers to an agreement of the parties, such agreement includes any arbitration rules referred to in that agreement;

(f) Where a provision of this chapter, other than in subsection (a) of section 50a-125 and subdivision (a) of subsection (2) of section 50a-132 , refers to a claim, it also applies to a counterclaim, and where it refers to a defense, it also applies to a defense to such counterclaim.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-135 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-135
Sec. 50a-135. Recognition and enforcement of award.
Status: in_force

(2) The party relying on an award or applying for its enforcement shall supply the duly authenticated original award or a duly certified copy thereof, and the original arbitration agreement referred to in section 50a-107 or a duly certified copy thereof.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-36 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861 / Section 50a-36
Sec. 50a-36. (Formerly Sec. 52-616). Stay of enforcement.
Status: in_force

(b) If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of a court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment as is required in this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-202 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 863 / Section 50a-202
Sec. 50a-202. Factors considered in selection of adjudicating forum.
Status: in_force

(1) The interests of justice among the parties and of world-wide justice;

(2) The public policies of the countries having jurisdiction of the dispute, including the interest of the affected courts in having proceedings take place in their respective forums;

(3) The place of occurrence, and of any effects, of the transaction or occurrence out of which the dispute arose;

(4) The nationality of the parties;

(5) Substantive law likely to be applicable and the relative familiarity of the affected courts with that law;

(6) The availability of a remedy and the forum likely to render the most complete relief;

(7) The impact of the litigation on the judicial systems of the courts involved, and the likelihood of prompt adjudication in the court selected;

(8) Location of witnesses and availability of compulsory process;

(9) Location of documents and other evidence and ease or difficulty associated with obtaining, reviewing or transporting such evidence;

(10) Place of first filing and connection of such place to the dispute;

(11) The ability of the designated forum to obtain jurisdiction over the persons and property that are the subject of the proceedings;

(12) Whether designation of an adjudicating forum is a superior method to parallel proceedings in adjudicating the dispute;

(13) The nature and extent of litigation that has proceeded over the dispute and whether a designation of an adjudicating forum will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties; and

(14) A realigned plaintiff's choice of forum should rarely be disturbed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-201 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 863 / Section 50a-201
Sec. 50a-201. Discretion to enforce judgments.
Status: in_force

(b) An application for designation of an adjudicating forum is timely if made within six months of reasonable notice of two such proceedings, or of reasonable notice of the selection of an adjudicating forum.

(c) The determination of the adjudicating forum is binding for the purpose of enforcement of judgments in this state upon any person served with notice of an application to designate. The courts of this state shall enforce the judgments of the designated adjudicating forum in accordance with the provisions of chapter 861. The selection of the adjudicating forum shall be accorded presumptive validity in this state if the written decision determining the adjudicating forum evaluated the substance of the factors set forth in section 50a-202 .

(d) Where no conclusive determination has been made by another court as provided in this section, the proper adjudicating forum shall be determined in accordance with sections 50a-202 and 50a-203 by the courts of this state requested to enforce the judgment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-56 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-56
Sec. 50a-56. Foreign-money claim; assertion, defense.
Status: in_force

(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for a different money than that asserted by the claimant.

(c) Any party may assert a defense set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-55 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-55
Sec. 50a-55. Determination of amount of payment of certain contract claims.
Status: in_force

(b) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by conversion from a different money at the exchange rate prevailing on a date prior to default, unless a longer time is agreed, that exchange rate applies only for payments made in a reasonable time after default, not to exceed thirty days. Conversion thereafter will be made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-63 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-63
Sec. 50a-63. Effect of certain agreements.
Status: in_force

(b) If due to delay in payment, the amount of a judgment does not yield the required amount of the creditor's money, the obligation to pay an additional sum will support another action for the amount remaining unpaid, and that obligation is not merged in the judgment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-5 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 860 / Section 50a-5
Sec. 50a-5. (Formerly Sec. 45-194e). International will: Certificate of valid execution.
Status: in_force

CERTIFICATE

I, .... (name, address, and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills, certify that on .... (date) at .... (place) (testator) .... (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses (a) .... (name, address, date and place of birth) (b) .... (name, address, date and place of birth) has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof.

I furthermore certify that:

(a) In my presence and in that of the witnesses

(1) The testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his signature previously affixed;

*(2) Following a declaration of the testator stating that he was unable to sign his will for the following reason ...., I have mentioned this declaration on the will, *and the signature has been affixed by .... (name and address);

(b) The witnesses and I have signed the will;

*(c) Each page of the will has been signed by .... and numbered;

(d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above;

(e) The witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting;

*(f) The testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his will:

PLACE OF EXECUTION

DATE

SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL

*to be completed if appropriate
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-133 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-133
Sec. 50a-133. Correction and interpretation of award. Additional award.
Status: in_force

(a) A party, with notice to the other party, may request the arbitral tribunal to correct in the award any errors in computation, any clerical or typographical errors or any errors of similar nature;

(b) If so agreed by the parties, a party, with notice to the other party, may request the arbitral tribunal to give an interpretation of a specific point or part of the award. If the arbitral tribunal considers the request to be justified, it shall make the correction or give the interpretation within thirty days of receipt of the request. The interpretation shall form part of the award.

(2) The arbitral tribunal may correct any error of the type referred to in subdivision (a) of subsection (1) of this section on its own initiative within thirty days of the date of the award.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, a party, with notice to the other party, may request, within thirty days of receipt of the award, the arbitral tribunal to make an additional award as to claims presented in the arbitral proceedings but omitted from the award. If the arbitral tribunal considers the request to be justified, it shall make the additional award within sixty days.

(4) The arbitral tribunal may extend, if necessary, the period of time within which it shall make a correction, an interpretation or an additional award under subsection (1) or (3) of this section.

(5) The provisions of section 50a-131 shall apply to a correction or interpretation of the award or to an additional award.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-100 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-100
Sec. 50a-100. Short title: UNCITRAL* Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration.
Status: in_force

*Note: “UNCITRAL” is an acronym for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.

Cited. 234 C. 123.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-110 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-110
Sec. 50a-110. Number of arbitrators.
Status: in_force

(2) Failing such determination, the number of arbitrators shall be three.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-31 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861 / Section 50a-31
Sec. 50a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-611). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States or any state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession thereof.

(2) “Foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine or other penalty or a judgment for support in matrimonial or family matters.

Annotation to former section 52-611:

Cited. 41 CS 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-203 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 863 / Section 50a-203
Sec. 50a-203. Evidence.
Status: in_force

(1) Affidavits or declarations;

(2) Treaties to which the state of either forum is a party;

(3) Principles of customary international law;

(4) Testimony of fact or expert witnesses;

(5) Diplomatic notes or amicus submissions from the state of the adjudicating forum or other court of competent jurisdiction; and

(6) Statements of public policy by the state of the adjudicating forum or other court of competent jurisdiction set forth in legislation, executive or administrative action, learned treatises, or participation in intergovernmental organizations.

(b) Reasonable written notice shall be given by any party seeking to raise an issue concerning the law of a forum of competent jurisdiction other than the adjudicating forum. In deciding questions of the law of another forum, the court may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not admissible.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-61 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-61
Sec. 50a-61. Determination of United States dollar amount for limited purpose.
Status: in_force

(b) The party seeking the process or the award of costs, or filing an application for a bond, shall file with the request or application, an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used, how obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Court officials shall incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting during the following two months as if the judgment was in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.

(c) A filed affidavit or certificate may be renewed for another two months with a current exchange rate at any time as long as the judgment remains unsatisfied.

(d) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect the money of the judgment for payment purposes.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-53 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-53
Sec. 50a-53. Variation by agreement.
Status: in_force

(b) The parties may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money or for a particular transaction does not require, of itself, the use of that money for all or any other aspects of the transaction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-113 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-113
Sec. 50a-113. Challenge procedure.
Status: in_force

(2) Failing such agreement, a party who intends to challenge an arbitrator shall, within fifteen days after becoming aware of the constitution of the arbitral tribunal or after becoming aware of any circumstances referred to in subsection (2) of section 50a-112 , send a written statement of the reasons for the challenge to the arbitral tribunal. Unless the challenged arbitrator withdraws from his office or the other party agrees to the challenge, the arbitral tribunal shall decide on the challenge.

(3) If a challenge under any procedure agreed upon by the parties or under the procedure of subsection (2) of this section is not successful, the challenging party may request, within thirty days after having received notice of the decision rejecting the challenge, the court specified in section 50a-106 to decide on the challenge, which decision shall not be subject to appeal; while such a request is pending, the arbitral tribunal, including the challenged arbitrator, may continue the arbitral proceedings and make an award.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-2 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 860 / Section 50a-2
Sec. 50a-2. (Formerly Sec. 45-194b). International will: Validity.
Status: in_force

(b) The invalidity of the will as an international will does not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.

(c) Sections 50a-1 to 50a-9 , inclusive, do not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-125 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-125
Sec. 50a-125. Default of a party.
Status: in_force

(a) The claimant fails to communicate his statement of claim in accordance with subsection (1) of section 50a-123 , the arbitral tribunal shall terminate the proceedings;

(b) The respondent fails to communicate his statement of defense in accordance with subsection (1) of section 50a-123 , the arbitral tribunal shall continue the proceedings without treating such failure in itself as an admission of the claimant's allegations;

(c) Any party fails to appear at a hearing or to produce documentary evidence, the arbitral tribunal may continue the proceedings and make the award on the evidence before it.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-134 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-134
Sec. 50a-134. Application for setting aside as exclusive recourse against arbitral award.
Status: in_force

(2) An arbitral award may be set aside by the court specified in section 50a-106 only if:

(a) The party making the application furnishes proof that:

(i) A party to the arbitration agreement referred to in section 50a-107 was under some incapacity; or the said agreement is not valid under the law to which the parties have subjected it or, failing any indication thereon, under the law of this state; or

(ii) The party making the application was not given proper notice of the appointment of an arbitrator or of the arbitral proceedings or was otherwise unable to present his case; or

(iii) The award deals with a dispute not contemplated by or not falling within the terms of the submission to arbitration, or contains decisions on matters beyond the scope of the submission to arbitration, provided that, if the decisions on matters submitted to arbitration can be separated from those not so submitted, only that part of the award which contains decisions on matters not submitted to arbitration may be set aside; or

(iv) The composition of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitral procedure was not in accordance with the agreement of the parties, unless such agreement was in conflict with a provision of this chapter, or, failing such agreement, was not in accordance with this chapter; or

(b) The court finds that:

(i) The subject matter of the dispute is not capable of settlement by arbitration under the law of this state; or

(ii) The award is in conflict with the public policy of this state.

(3) An application for setting aside may not be made after three months have elapsed from the date on which the party making that application received the award or, if a request was made under section 50a-133 , from the date on which that request was disposed of by the arbitral tribunal.

(4) The court, when asked to set aside an award, may, where appropriate and so requested by a party, suspend the setting aside proceedings for a period of time determined by it in order to give the arbitral tribunal an opportunity to resume the arbitral proceedings or to take such other action as in the arbitral tribunal's opinion will eliminate the grounds for setting aside.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-130 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-130
Sec. 50a-130. Settlement.
Status: in_force

(2) An award on agreed terms shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 50a-131 and shall state that it is an award. Such an award has the same status and effect as any other award on the merits of the case.

Cited. 234 C. 123.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-107 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-107
Sec. 50a-107. Definition and form of arbitration agreement.
Status: in_force

(2) The arbitration agreement shall be in writing. An agreement is in writing if it is contained in a document signed by the parties or in an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams or other means of telecommunication which provide a record of the agreement, or in an exchange of statements of claim and defense in which the existence of an agreement is alleged by one party and not denied by another. The reference in a contract to a document containing an arbitration clause constitutes an arbitration agreement provided that the contract is in writing and the reference is such as to make that clause part of the contract.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-32 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861 / Section 50a-32
Sec. 50a-32. (Formerly Sec. 52-612). Applicability.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 52-612:

Cited. 41 CS 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-136 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-136
Sec. 50a-136. Grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement of award.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the party against whom it is invoked, if that party furnishes to the competent court where recognition or enforcement is sought proof that:

(i) A party to the arbitration agreement referred to in section 50a-107 was under some incapacity; or the said agreement is not valid under the law to which the parties have subjected it or, failing any indication thereon, under the law of the country where the award was made; or

(ii) The party against whom the award is invoked was not given proper notice of the appointment of an arbitrator or of the arbitral proceedings or was otherwise unable to present his case; or

(iii) The award deals with a dispute not contemplated by or not falling within the terms of the submission to arbitration, or it contains decisions on matters beyond the scope of the submission to arbitration, provided that, if the decisions on matters submitted to arbitration can be separated from those not so submitted, that part of the award which contains decisions on matters submitted to arbitration may be recognized and enforced; or

(iv) The composition of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitral procedure was not in accordance with the agreement of the parties or, failing such agreement, was not in accordance with the law of the country where the arbitration took place; or

(v) The award has not yet become binding on the parties or has been set aside or suspended by a court of the country in which, or under the law of which, that award was made; or

(b) If the court finds that:

(i) The subject matter of the dispute is not capable of settlement by arbitration under the law of this state; or

(ii) The recognition or enforcement of the award would be contrary to the public policy of this state.

(2) If an application for setting aside or suspension of an award has been made to a court referred to in subparagraph (v) of subdivision (a) of subsection (1) of this section, the court where recognition or enforcement is sought may, if it considers it proper, adjourn its decision and may also, on the application of the party claiming recognition or enforcement of the award, order the other party to provide appropriate security.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-124 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-124
Sec. 50a-124. Hearings and written proceedings.
Status: in_force

(2) The parties shall be given sufficient advance notice of any hearing and of any meeting of the arbitral tribunal for the purpose of inspection of goods, other property or documents.

(3) All statements, documents or other information supplied to the arbitral tribunal by one party shall be communicated to the other party. Also, any expert report or evidentiary document on which the arbitral tribunal may rely in making its decision shall be communicated to the parties.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-131 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-131
Sec. 50a-131. Form and contents of award.
Status: in_force

(2) The award shall state the reasons upon which it is based, unless the parties have agreed that no reasons are to be given or the award is an award on agreed terms under section 50a-130 .

(3) The award shall state its date and the place of arbitration as determined in accordance with subsection (1) of section 50a-120 . The award shall be deemed to have been made at that place.

(4) After the award is made, a copy signed by the arbitrators in accordance with subsection (1) of this section shall be delivered to each party.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-62 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-62
Sec. 50a-62. Effect of currency revalorizations.
Status: in_force

(b) If due to delay in payment, the amount of a judgment does not yield the required amount of the creditor's money, the obligation to pay an additional sum will support another action for the amount remaining unpaid, and that obligation is not merged in the judgment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-51 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-51
Sec. 50a-51. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Action” means a judicial or arbitration proceeding in which an order or award for a money payment may be tendered or enforced;

(2) “Conversion date” means, except as provided in section 50a-58 , the banking day next before the date on which money or an award is, in accordance with this chapter; (i) paid to a judgment creditor, (ii) paid to the designated official enforcing a judgment on behalf of the judgment creditor or (iii) used to effect a set-off of claims in different moneys in an action;

(3) “Distribution proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, or for the distribution, liquidation, or rehabilitation of a corporation, other entity, an estate, trust, or other fund in or against which the share of a foreign-money claim is asserted;

(4) “Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America;

(5) “Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money;

(6) “Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of debts or other obligations, or a store of value authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government or by intergovernmental agreement;

(7) “Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper by section 50a-54 ;

(8) “Party” means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, partnership or association of two or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity asserting or defending against a foreign-money claim;

(9) “Rate of exchange” means the rate at which the money of one country may be converted into another money in a free financial market convenient to or usable by the party to pay or to state a conversion. If separate exchange rates apply to different transactions or events, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction or event giving rise to the foreign-money claim;

(10) “Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or foreign-currency trader, for settlement by immediate payment, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days. “Bank-offered spot rate” means the rate at which a bank will issue its draft in the foreign currency or will cause credit to become available on a next-day basis in the foreign money.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-116 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-116
Sec. 50a-116. Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(2) A plea that the arbitral tribunal does not have jurisdiction shall be raised not later than the submission of the statement of defense. A party is not precluded from raising such a plea by the fact that he has appointed, or participated in the appointment of, an arbitrator. A plea that the arbitral tribunal is exceeding the scope of its authority shall be raised as soon as the matter alleged to be beyond the scope of its authority is raised during the arbitral proceedings. The arbitral tribunal may, in either case, admit a later plea if it considers the delay justified.

(3) The arbitral tribunal may rule on a plea referred to in subsection (2) of this section either as a preliminary question or in an award on the merits. If the arbitral tribunal rules as a preliminary question that it has jurisdiction, any party may request, within thirty days after having received notice of that ruling, the court specified in section 50a-106 to decide the matter, which decision shall not be subject to appeal; while such a request is pending, the arbitral tribunal may continue the arbitral proceedings and make an award.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-34 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861 / Section 50a-34
Sec. 50a-34. (Formerly Sec. 52-614). Grounds for nonrecognition.
Status: in_force

(1) The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;

(2) The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the judgment debtor; or

(3) The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.

(b) A foreign judgment need not be recognized if:

(1) The judgment debtor in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend;

(2) The judgment was obtained by fraud;

(3) The cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state;

(4) The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;

(5) The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in that court; or

(6) In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.

Annotation to former section 52-614:

Cited. 41 CS 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-35 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861 / Section 50a-35
Sec. 50a-35. (Formerly Sec. 52-615). Personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) The judgment debtor was served personally in the foreign state;

(2) The judgment debtor voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him;

(3) The judgment debtor prior to the commencement of the proceedings had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;

(4) The judgment debtor was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate had its principal place of business, was incorporated or had otherwise acquired corporate status, in the foreign state;

(5) The judgment debtor maintained a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the judgment debtor through that office in the foreign state; or

(6) The judgment debtor operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising out of such operation.

(b) The courts of this state may recognize other bases of jurisdiction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-140 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862a / Section 50a-140
Sec. 50a-140. Enforcement of interim and international awards.
Status: in_force

(1) “International award” means any final award issued by: (A) An arbitral tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; or (B) an arbitral tribunal of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.

(2) “Interim award” means any order of interim measures issued by: (A) An arbitral tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; or (B) an arbitral tribunal of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.

(b) Any international award shall be enforceable as if such international award was a final and binding judgment issued by the Superior Court of this state and any applicable appeal time has expired. An execution may immediately issue on an international award upon filing with the Superior Court.

(c) Any interim award shall be enforceable to the same extent and in the same manner as a similar order of the Superior Court for which any applicable appeal time has expired.

(d) Upon receipt of a copy of any interim or international award certified by the appropriate authority, the Superior Court shall issue all necessary orders to enforce any interim award in accordance with chapter 903a and any international award in accordance with chapter 906. Such orders shall be immediately appealable in the same manner as orders in aid of execution of a judgment issued by the Superior Court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-108 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-108
Sec. 50a-108. Arbitration agreement and substantive claim before court.
Status: in_force

(2) Where an action referred to in subsection (1) of this section has been brought, arbitral proceedings may nevertheless be commenced or continued, and an award may be made, while the issue is pending before the court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-122 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-122
Sec. 50a-122. Language used in arbitral proceedings.
Status: in_force

(2) The arbitral tribunal may order that any documentary evidence shall be accompanied by a translation into the language or languages agreed upon by the parties or, failing such agreement, determined by the arbitral tribunal.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-111 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-111
Sec. 50a-111. Appointment of arbitrators.
Status: in_force

(2) The parties are free to agree on a procedure of appointing the arbitrator or arbitrators, subject to the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section.

(3) Failing such agreement:

(a) In an arbitration with three arbitrators, each party shall appoint one arbitrator, and the two arbitrators thus appointed shall appoint the third arbitrator; if a party fails to appoint the arbitrator within thirty days of receipt of a request to do so from the other party, or if the two arbitrators fail to agree on the third arbitrator within thirty days of their appointment the appointment shall be made, upon request of a party, by the court specified in section 50a-106 ;

(b) In an arbitration with a sole arbitrator, if the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator within thirty days of receipt of a request for arbitration, the arbitrator shall be appointed, upon request of a party, by the court specified in section 50a-106 ;

(4) Where, under an appointment procedure agreed upon by the parties:

(a) A party fails to act as required under such procedure; or

(b) The parties, or two arbitrators, are unable to reach an agreement expected of them under such procedure; or

(c) A third party, including an institution, fails to perform any function entrusted to it under such procedure, any party may request the court specified in section 50a-106 to take the necessary measure, unless the agreement on the appointment procedure provides other means for securing the appointment.

(5) A decision on a matter entrusted by subsection (3) or (4) of this section to the court specified in section 50a-106 shall not be subject to appeal. The court, in appointing an arbitrator, shall have due regard to any qualifications required of the arbitrator by the agreement of the parties and to such considerations as are likely to secure the appointment of an independent and impartial arbitrator and, in the case of a sole or third arbitrator, shall take into account as well the advisability of appointing an arbitrator of a nationality other than those of the parties.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-120 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-120
Sec. 50a-120. Place of arbitration.
Status: in_force

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the arbitral tribunal may, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, meet at any place it considers appropriate for consultation among its members, for hearing witnesses, experts or the parties, or for inspection of goods, other property or documents.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-112 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-112
Sec. 50a-112. Grounds for challenge.
Status: in_force

(2) An arbitrator may be challenged only if circumstances exist that give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality or independence, or if he does not possess qualifications agreed to by the parties. A party may challenge an arbitrator appointed by him, or in whose appointment he has participated, only for reasons of which he becomes aware after the appointment has been made.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-52 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-52
Sec. 50a-52. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(b) This chapter applies to foreign-money issues notwithstanding the law applicable under the conflict of laws rules of this state to other issues in an action or distribution proceeding.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-54 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 861a / Section 50a-54
Sec. 50a-54. Determination of proper money of claim.
Status: in_force

(b) The money in which the parties have contracted that a payment be made is the proper money of the claim for that payment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-103 — Connecticut Code / Title 50a / Chapter 862 / Section 50a-103
Sec. 50a-103. Receipt of written communications.
Status: in_force

(a) Any written communication is deemed to have been received if it is delivered to the addressee personally or if it is delivered at his place of business, habitual residence or mailing address; if none of these can be found after making a reasonable inquiry, a written communication is deemed to have been received if it is sent to the addressee's last-known place of business, habitual residence or mailing address by registered mail or any other means reasonably calculated to give the addressee actual notice, which provides a record of the attempt to deliver it;

(b) The communication is deemed to have been received on the day it is so delivered.

(2) The provisions of this section do not apply to communications in court proceedings.