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mediation
nonbinding intervention between parties esp. in a labor dispute to promote resolution of a grievance, reconciliation, settlement, or compromise compare arbitration
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mediator
mediator : one that works to effect reconciliation, settlement, or compromise between parties at variance compare arbitrator
settle
usually out of court c : to close (as an account) by payment ;also : to close by compromise and payment of less than the full amount claimed or due vi 1 : to conclude a lawsuit … lawsuit by entering into an agreement [the plaintiff chose to out of court] 2 : to make a settlement of a transfer of funds 3 : to adjust differences or accounts [settled with his creditors]
Tail
then, of barring an estate-tail were two: viz., a fine, according to the statute law (which was a compromise of a fictitious action), giving a base fee commensurate with the existence of the issue upon whom the … or class of issue, Black's Law dictionary 7th Edn., p. 1466. An estate-tail in land now constitutes a settlement. [(English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 1] With this and other statutory modifications under the (English) Law of
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