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Dissettlement
Dissettlement Dis*set"tle*ment, n.
The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.
--Marvell.
Marriage settlementMarriage Mar"riage, n. [OE. mariage, F. mariage. See Marry,
v. t.]
1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal
union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife;
wedlock; matrimony.
Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii.
4.
2. The marriage vow or contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king
which made a marriage for his son. --Matt. xxii.
2.
4. Any intimate or close union.
Marriage brokage.
(a) The business of bringing about marriages.
(b) The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a
marriage.
Marriage favors, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of
white flowers, worn at weddings.
Marriage settlement (Law), a settlement of property in
view, and in consideration, of marriage.
Syn: Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials.
Usage: Marriage, Matrimony, Wedlock. Marriage is
properly the act which unites the two parties, and
matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage
is, however, often used for the state as well as the
act. Wedlock is the old Anglo-Saxon term for
matrimony. Resettlement
Resettlement Re*set"tle*ment (-ment), n.
Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as,
the resettlement of lees.
The resettlement of my discomposed soul. --Norris.
Unsettlement
Unsettlement Un*set"tle*ment, n.
The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled;
disturbance. --J. H. Newman.
Meaning of SETTLEMENT from wikipedia
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settlement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Settlement may
refer to:
Human settlement, a
community where people live
Settlement (structural)...
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refer to: The
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Settlement,
British Virgin Islands, the main town on
Anegada The...
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human settlement. Each
Croatian city or town (grad, pl. gradovi) or muni****lity (općina, pl. općine)
consists of one or more
settlements. A
settlement can...
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settlement is a
resolution between disputing parties about a
legal case,
reached either before or
after court action begins. A
collective settlement is...
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Israeli settlements, also
called Israeli colonies, are the
civilian communities built by
Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are...
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Jewish settlement may
refer to:
Jewish settlement in Palestine, also
called the land of
Israel (see Yishuv)
Israeli settlement,
Jewish communities currently...
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Settlement schools are
social reform institutions established in
rural Appalachia in the
early 20th
century with the
purpose of
educating mountain children...
- archaeology, a
settlement,
locality or po****ted
place is a
community of
people living in a
particular place. The
complexity of a
settlement can
range from...
- The Pale of
Settlement was a
western region of the
Russian Empire with
varying borders that
existed from 1791 to 1917 (de
facto until 1915) in
which permanent...
- The
Permanent Settlement, also
known as the
Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an
agreement between the East
India Company and
landlords of
Bengal to...
