Definition of Out-of-court settlement

1. Noun. Resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court.

Generic synonyms: Settlement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Out-of-court Settlement

out-gun
out-gunned
out-gunning
out-guns
out-herod
out-migration
out-of-band
out-of-battery
out-of-body
out-of-body experience
out-of-body experiences
out-of-bounds
out-of-bounds(p)
out-of-context
out-of-court
out-of-court settlement (current term)
out-of-date
out-of-door
out-of-doors
out-of-order
out-of-pocket
out-of-print
out-of-school
out-of-service
out-of-state
out-of-the-box
out-of-the-box thinking
out-of-the-way
out-of-the-way(a)
out-of-town

Literary usage of Out-of-court settlement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Validity of Testing in Education & Employment by Eileen R. Rudert (1997)
"The parties reached an out of court settlement whereby the test developer—Educational Testing Service (ETS)—agreed to use the "Golden Rule procedure" in ..."

2. National Data Collection on Police Use of Force by Tom McEwen (1996)
"However, civil cases are also subject to out-of-court settlement with restrictions about the outcome. Further complications are that lawyers handling civil ..."

3. The Land Question in South Africa: The Challenge of Transformation and by Lungisile Ntsebeza, Ruth Hall (2007)
"NEGOTIATED TRANSFERS Even if better expropriation or restitution legislation is in place, it will always be the case that an out-of-court settlement is far ..."

4. How to Make Insurance Companies Pay Your Claims by William M. Shernoff (1990)
"We decided that an out-of-court settlement would be appropriate since the law now had ... So, John ended up taking a favorable out-of-court settlement that ..."

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