settlement Copy link Outline I. The matter which falls to the bottom of liquor, the dregsII. In law, a jointure granted to a wifeIII. The act of planting a colonyIV. The colony plantedV. Arrangement of an affair, compŏsĭtio, ordĭnātioVI. The payment of an account • settlement: I. The matter which falls to the bottom of liquor, the dregs: faex, faecis, f: v. dregs, sediment. II. In law, a jointure granted to a wife: dōs, dōtis, f.: v. dowry. Or expr. by verb: v. to settle (VI.). III. The act of planting a colony: dēductio: a cruel and miserable s. of the soldiers in the towns, in oppida militum crudelis et misera d., Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: in the s. of the town, in deductione oppidi, Plin. 2, 52, 53, fin. IV. The colony planted: cŏlōnia. v. colony. V. Arrangement of an affair, compŏsĭtio, ordĭnātio: v. adjustment, arrangement. VI. The payment of an account: expr. by (aes alienum) solvere, persolvere: v. to pay, settle (V.)
SETTLEMENT Copy link • SETTLEMENTArrangement, constitutio; institutio; ordinatio (act of settling): constitumm, institutum (matter adjusted or settled). Adjustment of an account, rationes confectae et consolidatae (if the settlement has taken place), or conficiendae et consolidandae (if it be yet to take place): after a settlement of accounts, ratione subducta; rationibus confectis et consolidatis. To have a settlement of accounts with anybody, putare rationem cum aliquo; calculum ponere cum aliquo; alicui rationem reddere (of the debtor): aliquem vocare ad calculos (of the creditor). A colony, colonia; coloni, plur., (the colonists): colonia (the place): to establish a settlement, coloniam condere, constituere, collocare. Dregs, faex: crassamen: crassamentum (Col.): subsidentia (plur., participle). Vid: SEDIMENT