"Settlement" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
NT. In conveyancing. A
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the
yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of
the joints or the material.
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.
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.;
ordination or installation as pastor.
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.
Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction;
the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent
manner.
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.
That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the
sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her
marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property
formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
A colony newly established; a place or region newly
settled; as, settlement in the West.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of
planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the
settlement of a new country.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
That which settles, or is settled, established, or
fixed.
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