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settlementIn law, a compromise or agreement between litigants to settle the matters in dispute between them in order to dispose of and conclude their litigation. Generally, as a result of the settlement, prosecution of the action is withdrawn or dismissed without any judgment being entered. The parties may, however, incorporate the terms of the settlement into a consent decree, recorded by the court. Most suits brought today are either withdrawn or settled. |
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BUT before relating the adventures of the chairs found it necessary to speak of circumstances that caused the first settlement of New England. At the commencement of the following year the settlement began; and from that time to this the country has continued to flourish. They rushed clamorously into the presence of the Lioness and demanded of her the settlement of the dispute. |
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