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settlement — set·tle·ment n 1: the act or process of settling 2 a: an agreement reducing or resolving differences; esp: an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation the states finally agreed upon a settlement and a consent decree W. J. Brennan … Law dictionary
settlement — Act or process of adjusting or determining; an adjusting; an adjustment between persons concerning their dealings or difficulties; an agreement by which parties having disputed matters between them reach or ascertain what is coming from one to… … Black's law dictionary
Settlement of Iceland — The settlement of Iceland began in the second half of the 9th century AD, when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic. Their reasons for migrating may be traced to a shortage of arable land in Scandinavia, and civil strife brought… … Wikipedia
Debt settlement — Debt settlement, also known as debt arbitration, debt negotiation or credit settlement, is an approach to debt reduction in which the debtor and creditor agree on a reduced balance that will be regarded as payment in full.[1] Debt settlement is… … Wikipedia
Life settlement — A life settlement is a financial transaction in which a life insurance policy owner possessing an unneeded or unwanted life insurance policy sells the policy (at fair market value) to a third party for more than the cash surrender value offered… … Wikipedia
PALE OF SETTLEMENT — (Rus. Cherta (postoyannoy yevreyskoy) osedlosti), territory within the borders of czarist Russia wherein the residence of Jews was legally authorized. Limits for the area in which Jewish settlement was permissible in Russia came into being when… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Prussian Settlement Commission — The Prussian Settlement Commission ( de. Königlich Preußische Ansiedlungskommission in den Provinzen Westpreußen und Posen, which translates Royal Prussian Settlement Commission in the provinces of West Prussia and Posen) was a Prussian… … Wikipedia
Stanton Street Settlement (New York, NY) — The Stanton Street Settlement is a Settlement movement, a 501(c)3 not for profit community organization in New York, New York, United States. Its mission is to provide a safe, caring, tuition free environment where children from the city s Lower… … Wikipedia
Japanese settlement in the Marshall Islands — Kessai Note, former president of the Marshall Islands Total population 70 (2007)[1] … Wikipedia
arrangement of difficulties — index settlement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
