Both parties agreed not to initiate legal proceedings against each other for 10 years, and to refer future disputes to arbitration.
The session provided a glimpse of the shape of future disputes among the Arab leaders.
Arbitrators' decisions were not to be published, or cited as precedent in future disputes, the rules said.
Secret rationales make an appeal impossible, and define no precedent for future disputes.
A declaratory judgment may be issued to prevent future legal disputes.
Martin also indicated he did not expect trouble from umpires during future disputes over close calls.
Still, it provides an important framework that shapes the way water will play into future economic disputes.
Specifically the legislation sets a model that can mitigate future disputes.
Such a ruling would have prevented Washington from threatening sanctions in future disputes.
I fear that in the future legal disputes will be unavoidable.