out-of-court settlement
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈaʊt əv kɔrt ˈsɛtəlmənt/
:
acuerdo extrajudicial
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia won an out-of-court settlement in a controversy over religious instruction in the Shenandoah County School District.
Examples
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An $8-million out-of-court settlement with W. R. Grace was reached in September 1986.
Academic text (1993) -
The recent out-of-court settlement by the Liggett Group, Inc., shows how states can recover millions of dollars in smoking-related Medicaid health care costs.
Academic text (1997) -
The company had reached an agreement with her lawyers on an out-of-court settlement.
Fiction book (1993) -
A judge signed an order in February to dismiss the suit after an out-of-court settlement was reached, the Bay City Times reported.
Academic text (2017) -
An out-of-court settlement for $50,000 was ultimately made.
Academic text (1996) -
An out-of-court settlement was made for $25,000.
Academic text (1996) -
Out-of-court settlements may be appropriate in cases where the offense resulted from a conflict between the offender and the victim.
Academic text (2007) -
Battley was awarded an out-of-court settlement in the region of 500,000, reflecting the serious impact of her phobia.
Academic text (2012) -
One of the trust's liability insurance carriers eventually paid out the $25 million coverage limit to facilitate an out-of-court settlement on the many charges of fiduciary malfeasance against trustees.
Academic text (2007) -
The company had reached an agreement with her lawyers on an out-of-court settlement.
Synonyms
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3.7
Without going to trial in a court
Antonyms
How Binding
Surface Forms
Morphology
out-of-court + settlement
The phrase is directly compositional: 'out-of-court' means 'outside the court' and 'settlement' means an agreed resolution, so together they denote an agreement reached outside judicial proceedings. This follows standard English compounding and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Out-of-court settlement comes from the simple picture of two sides meeting out of the court instead of in front of a judge. That's why it means an agreement made 'to avoid a trial' and end the dispute privately.