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/ˈsɛtl̩ə/, /ˈsɛtlə/, U.S. /ˈsɛdlər/, /ˈsɛtlər/ Law.
One who makes a settlement of property.
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1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 317 Where an estate was limited to the use of the settlor for 99 years.
1865 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. (ed. 6) I. ii. x. §2. 418 Every settlor and testator has an almost unbounded licence to multiply interests in land.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. §151 A settlor of dower.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. vii. 286 The great object of settlements of lands, the preserving them in the settlor's family.
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