Settlement 288473 216425681 2008-06-01T16:28:19Z Xyzzyplugh 639298 wikified, per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)]] {{wiktionary}} '''Settlement''' may refer to: * [[Human settlement]], permanent community where people live ** [[Israeli settlement]], communities inhabited by Israeli Jews in territory that came under Israel's control as a result of the 1967 Six-Day War * [[Settlement (closing)]], as in a real estate closing with transfer of title deed to the buyer * [[Settlement (finance)]], the process of exchanging the consideration for financial instruments once a transaction has been executed * [[Settlement (structural)]], the gradual distortions created in a structure * [[Consolidation (soil)]], settlement in soil ;Legal terms * [[Settlement (litigation)]], an agreement or resolution of a dispute * [[Settlement (trust)]], an instrument creating a trust * Settlement under the [[Poor Law]], a person's place of origin or later established residence, being the Parish responsible for the person if destitute ==See also== * [[Act of Settlement]], various legislation * [[Settlement movement]], started in Victorian England, concerned with urban poverty * [[:Category:Settlements]], for articles about various types of human settlements and specific settlements {{disambig}}