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1settlement — noun 1 official/legal agreement ADJECTIVE ▪ final ▪ lasting, long term, permanent ▪ comprehensive ▪ a lasting and comprehensive peace settlement …
2Claim club — Claim clubs, also called Actual Settlers Associations or Squatters Clubs, were a nineteenth century phenomenon in the American West. Usually operating within a confined local jurisdiction, these pseudo governmental entities sought to regulate… …
3claim — n [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a: a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specif: a demand for a benefit (as under the workers compensation law) or contractual payment (as… …
4settlement — set·tle·ment n 1: the act or process of settling 2 a: an agreement reducing or resolving differences; esp: an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation the states finally agreed upon a settlement and a consent decree W. J. Brennan …
5Claim House (Davenport, Iowa) — Claim House …
6claim — [klām] vt. [ME claimen < OFr claimer, to call, claim < L clamare, to cry out: see CLAMOR] 1. to demand or ask for as rightfully belonging or due to one; assert one s right to (a title, accomplishment, etc. that should be recognized) [to… …
7settlement offer — ➔ offer2 * * * settlement offer UK US noun [C] LAW ► an offer of money or property by one of the people or organizations involved in a legal argument in an attempt to end the argument without having to go to court: »If the policyholder is… …
8Settlement (litigation) — Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction Personal jurisdiction Removal jurisdiction Venue Change of venue …
9settlement — /set l meuhnt/, n. 1. the act or state of settling or the state of being settled. 2. the act of making stable or putting on a permanent basis. 3. a state of stability or permanence. 4. an arrangement or adjustment, as of business affairs or a… …
