out-of-court settlement

noun

: an agreement made to avoid a court case

Examples of out-of-court settlement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web David Blunkett, home secretary in the Labour government in the early 2000s, said Lewis was his main interlocutor when the company offered him an out-of-court settlement. Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 28 June 2024 Tinsley denied the allegations and reached an out-of-court settlement with Frost-Winn in June 2019. Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024 Unlike the out-of-court settlement with George Pino, his wife agreed to a consent agreement to pay the $16 million. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024 An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount was reached the following month. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for out-of-court settlement 

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“Out-of-court settlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-court%20settlement. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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