settlement
Noun
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The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
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.
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 settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
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.
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.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
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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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.
A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit.
Better a lean settlement than a fat litigation.