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11settled method — I noun accordance, common practice, compliance, conformity, conventionalism, conventionality, custom, established mode, formality, mere form, observance of form, prescription, propriety, protocol, punctilio, rigidity, rule of procedure, usual… …
12settled principle — index law, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13settled procedure — index method, system Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14settled purpose — index animus, design (intent), objective Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15settled upon — index preferred (favored) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16settled without appeal — index clear (certain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17settled on your lees — This is an old biblical idiom but still used. It refers to the lees (dregs, sediments) of wine or other liquids that settle in the bottom of the containing vessel if it is not disturbed. Hence, the idiom refers to someone or something that is at… …
18Settled Land Acts — A settlement is a conveyancing device used by a property owner who wants to ensure that future generations of his family are provided for.Two main types of settlement* The Trust for sale – under this device the property which can be real or… …
19settled — [[t]se̱t(ə)ld[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you have a settled way of life, you stay in one place, in one job, or with one person, rather than moving around or changing. He decided to lead a more settled life with his partner... His house was… …
20Settled — Settle Set tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Settled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Settling}.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See {Settle}, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to …
