Settlement

Settlement may refer to:

Human settlement, a community where people live
Settlement (structural), downward movement of a structure's foundation
Settlement (finance), where securities are delivered against payment of money
Settlement (litigation), a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case
Settlement (trust), a deed whereby property is given by a settlor into trust
Thomson Bay Settlement, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, also known as simply The Settlement
Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction

Act of Settlement (disambiguation), various legislation
Settlement Act, or Poor Relief Act 1662
Collective settlement, another name for an intentional community
Collective settlement (litigation), a legal term
Sedentism, the practice of living in one place for a long time
Settlement geography, investigating the part of the Earth's surface settled by humans
Settlement movement, a Victorian era reformist social movement
Settlement school, social reform institutions established in rural Appalachia in the early 20th century
Settler colonialism, replacing the original population with a new society of settlers
Soil consolidation, a process by which soils decrease in volume
Squatting, occupying an abandoned building
Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement

See also