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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Settlement

Settlement (settlement)
n.(?)
Set"tle*ment
  1. The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
    Specifically: --

    (a)

  2. That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
    Specifically: --

    (a)

  3. 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.
    (b) pl.
  4. 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.
    Blackstone. Bouvier.

    Act of settlement (Eng. Hist.), the statute of 12 and 13 William III, by which the crown was limited to the present reigning house (the house of Hanover). Blackstone.














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