"settlement agreement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: settlement agreements [plural]
Etymology: From settlement + agreement. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|settlement|agreement}} settlement + agreement Head templates: {{en-noun}} settlement agreement (plural settlement agreements)
  1. (law) A contractual agreement between parties to actual or potential litigation by which each party agrees to a resolution of the underlying dispute. Wikipedia link: settlement agreement Categories (topical): Law Translations (agreement): skikking (Afrikaans), 調解書 (Chinese Mandarin), 调解书 (tiáojiěshū) (Chinese Mandarin), schikking [feminine] (Dutch), transactie [feminine] (Dutch), sovintosopimus (Finnish), transaction [feminine] (French), compromis extrajudiciaire [masculine] (French), Vergleich (english: settlement outside court) [masculine] (German), Prozessvergleich (english: settlement as result of judicial process) [masculine] (German), transazione [feminine] (Italian), forlik (Norwegian), forliksavtale (Norwegian), ugoda [feminine] (Polish), мирово́е соглаше́ние (mirovóje soglašénije) [neuter] (Russian), мирова́я сде́лка (mirovája sdélka) [feminine] (Russian), nagodba (Serbo-Croatian), avenencia [feminine] (Spanish), transacción [feminine] (Spanish), förlikning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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