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Subsidence, means where the perils insured against are 'subsidence and/or collapse' the word 'subsidence' herein means 'sinking', that is to say, movement in a vertical direction as opposed to settlement' which means movement in lateral directions. In a proper context, the word 'subsidence' may mean both sinking as well as settlement, Bimla Charan Batabyal v. Indian Museum Trustees, 57 Cal 231: 1930 Cal 404.