Settlement may refer to:
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Human settlement
In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community in which people live. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of ci ...
, a community where people live
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Settlement (structural)
Settlement in a structure refers to the distortion or disruption of parts of a building due to
* unequal compression of its foundations;
* shrinkage, such as that which occurs in timber-framed buildings as the frame adjusts its moisture content; ...
, the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
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Closing (real estate)
The closing (also called the completion or settlement) is the final step in executing a real estate transaction. It is the last step in purchasing and financing a property. On the closing day, ownership of the property is transferred from the sel ...
, the final step in executing a real estate transaction
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Settlement (finance)
Settlement is the "final step in the transfer of ownership involving the physical exchange of securities or payment". After settlement, the obligations of all the parties have been discharged and the transaction is considered complete.
In the co ...
, where securities are delivered against payment of money
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Settlement (litigation), a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case
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Settlement (trust)
A settlement in trusts law is a deed (also called a trust instrument) whereby real estate, land, or other property is given by a settlor into trust so the beneficiary has the limited right to the property (for example, during their life), but ...
, a deed whereby property is given by a settlor into trust
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Israeli settlement, Jewish civilian communities built on land occupied by Israel
See also
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Act of Settlement (disambiguation) Act of Settlement most commonly refers to the Act of Settlement 1701, an Act of the Parliament of England.
Act of Settlement or Settlement Act may also refer to:
*Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652, in response to the Irish Rebellion of 1641
*A ...
, various legislation
*Settlement Act, or
Poor Relief Act 1662
The Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Car 2 c 12) was an Act of the Cavalier Parliament of England. It was ''an Act for the Better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom'' and is also known as the Settlement Act or the Settlement and Removal Act. The purpose ...
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Collective settlement
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
, another name for an intentional community
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Collective settlement (litigation)
In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins. A collective settlement is a settlement of multiple similar legal cases. The term also has other meanings in t ...
, a legal term
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Settler colonialism
Settler colonialism is a structure that perpetuates the elimination of Indigenous people and cultures to replace them with a settler society. Some, but not all, scholars argue that settler colonialism is inherently genocidal. It may be enacted ...
, replacing the original population with a new society of settlers
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Settlement geography
Settlement geography is a branch of human geography that investigates the earth's surface's part settled by humans. According to the United Nations' Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements (1976), "human settlements means the totality of the ...
, investigating the part of the earth's surface settled by humans
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Settlement movement
The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in United Kingdom and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and s ...
, a Victorian era reformist social movement
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Settlement school
Settlement schools are social reform institutions established in rural Appalachia in the early 20th century with the purpose of educating mountain children and improving their isolated rural communities.
Settlement schools have played an import ...
, social reform institutions established in rural Appalachia in the early 20th century
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Sedentism
In cultural anthropology, sedentism (sometimes called sedentariness; compare sedentarism) is the practice of living in one place for a long time. , the large majority of people belong to sedentary cultures. In evolutionary anthropology and a ...
, the practice of living in one place for a long time
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Squatting, occupying an abandoned building
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Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement
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Consolidation (soil)
Soil consolidation refers to the mechanical process by which soil changes volume gradually in response to a change in pressure. This happens because soil is a two-phase material, comprising soil grains and pore fluid, usually groundwater. When ...
, a process by which soils decrease in volume
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