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  2. Settles - Wikipedia

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    Settles may refer to: Gene Settles (born 1953), American football defensive linebacker; Ron Settles (1959-1981), American football running back;

  3. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the prohibition is of no effect, and the beneficiary will take the gift free from any restrictions. pactum de contrahendo: agreement to contract Prior contract aimed at concluding another contract, known as the parent or principal contract. Includes binders (in real estate sales), such as a purchase offer or an option to sell.

  4. Settler - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of the first medieval settlers arriving in Iceland, 1850. A settler is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities, as with a settlement.

  5. Informal housing - Wikipedia

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    Informal housing can also be found in developed countries like the United States. Unpermitted secondary units are seen as informal housing. In 2012, among the total stock of approximately 462,000 single-family homes in Los Angeles, California, there were estimated to be close to 50,000 unpermitted secondary units.

  6. Colonization - Wikipedia

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    Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing occupation of or control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of cultivation, exploitation, trade and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by, but distinct from, imperialism, mercantilism, or colonialism.

  7. Human settlement - Wikipedia

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    London, a city in the United Kingdom, is a large settlement with a human population of 14 million in its metropolitan area.. In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place.

  8. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    The "Carbery settle" is a settle with a one-legged falling table which was found in County Cork. Examples of these settles are extremely rare. Another variation was similar to the chicken coops built into Irish dressers , with the area underneath the seat used to house turkeys or other vulnerable fowl.

  9. Settlement (litigation) - Wikipedia

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    The majority of cases are decided by a settlement. Both sides (regardless of relative monetary resources) often have a strong incentive to settle to avoid the costs (such as legal fees, finding expert witnesses, etc.), the time and the stress associated with a trial, particularly where a trial by jury is available.