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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Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling..
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..
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..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Dissettlement :: Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled..
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..
Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled..
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement..
Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation..
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident..
Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..
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..
Moot :: Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot..
Contango :: Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day..
Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
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