4. (Law)
Defn: A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support. Blackstone. Bouvier. Act of settlement (Eng. Hist.), the statute of 12 and 13 William III, by which the crown was limited to the present reigning house (the house of Hanover). Blackstone.
SETTLER
Set"tler, n.
1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest. [Colloq.]
4. A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
SETTLING
Set"tling, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2. pl.