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Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..

Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..

Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..

Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..

Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..

Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..

Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..

Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..

Train :: Train (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement..

Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town..

Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.

Finality :: Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country..

Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..

Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support..

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