Definition of settlement

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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..

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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..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..
Preestablishment :: Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.
Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town..
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..
Unsettlement :: Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
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..
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
Resettlement :: Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees..
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..
Footing :: Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..
Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation..
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.) 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..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor..
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