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Settlement
Settlement
n.
The
act
of
setting
, or
the
state
of
being
settled
.
Settlement
n.
Establishment
in
life
, in
business
,
condition
,
etc
.;
ordination
or
installation
as
pastor
.
Settlement
n.
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
.
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
.
Settlement
n.
Bestowal
, or
giving
possession
,
under
legal
sanction
;
the
act
of
giving
or
conferring
anything
in a
formal
and
permanent
manner
.
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.
Settlement
n.
That
which
settles
, or is
settled
,
established
, or
fixed
.
Settlement
n.
Matter
that
subsides
;
settlings
;
sediment
;
lees
;
dregs
.
Settlement
n.
A
colony
newly
established
; a
place
or
region
newly
settled
; as,
settlement
in
the
West
.
Settlement
n.
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
.
Settlement
n.
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
.
Settlement
n.
Fractures
or
dislocations
caused
by
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
.
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