The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely
The act of judging.
The final award; the last sentence.
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
The act of settling.
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
The state of being settled.
A resolution of a dispute.
A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.