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Settlement vs Tenement - What's the difference?

settlement | tenement |

In legal|lang=en terms the difference between settlement and tenement

is that settlement is (legal) a resolution of a dispute while tenement is (legal) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

As nouns the difference between settlement and tenement

is that settlement is the state of being settled while tenement is a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

settlement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being settled.
  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  • (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  • (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  • (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  • (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  • (legal) A resolution of a dispute.
  • Synonyms

    * (A resolution of a dispute) arrangement

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * settlement agreement

    tenement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
  • (legal) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
  • (figurative) Dwelling; abode; habitation.
  • * John Locke
  • Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement , unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?

    Synonyms

    * (building) tenement house, apartment building

    Derived terms

    * servient tenement

    See also

    (Wikipedia) * rooming house

    References

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