OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out-of-court settlement mean? 

• OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT (noun)
  The noun OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("out-of-court settlement" is a kind of...):

settlement (a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it)