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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Finality :: Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement..
Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement..
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..
Compromise :: Compromise (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement..
Candidating :: Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement..
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..
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..
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..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
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..
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
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..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..
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..
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