Definition of settlement

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Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..

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Equity :: Equity (n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc..
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..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
Resettlement :: Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees..
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates..
Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation..
Footing :: Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
Finality :: Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement..
Decision :: Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion..
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc..
Herrnhuter :: Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed..
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..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
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