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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
- Settlement may refer to: Human settlement, a community where people live Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building...
- An Urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that constitutes or is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures...
- The Permanent Settlement, also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix...
- A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon their po****tion or some other criteria. The term is used by landscape...
- The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country. In some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a...
- The Settlement may refer to: The Settlement (1984 film) The Settlement (1999 film) Flying Fish Cove, the main settlement on Christmas Island The Settlement...
- Israeli settlements are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel...
- a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins. The term "settlement" also...
- statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or po****ted place is a community in which people live. The complexity of a settlement can range from a small...
- The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal...
