The phrase "act to settle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is taking action to resolve a situation or come to an agreement.
Example: "The committee decided to act to settle the ongoing disputes among the members."
Alternatives: "take steps to resolve" or "move to conclude".
Despite the objective of the 1964 Grazing Reserve Act to settle 'nomadic' pastoralists, it appears that the majority of original KGR residents were transhumant Fulani from neighbouring Local Government Authorities (LGAs).
The United States did it 150 years ago with the Homestead Act to settle the West, the Morrill Act to create land grant universities, and by building a transcontinental railroad, among other government-led efforts.
His first act was to settle the miner's strike and send the country back to work full time.
Some seem to believe that allowing the man and his family to sleep in the West Wing and occasionally eat off the White House china were the final acts necessary to settle the nation's racial balance sheet.
Mr Putin and his proxies have been emboldened to invade foreign countries in no small part because they have been allowed to act with impunity to settle personal vendettas in foreign capitals.
The bill asserts that the original 1925 Federal Arbitration Act was intended to settle disputes between two companies of similar size and power, and was never intended to apply to employment disputes or "supersede all other federal laws protecting consumers, workers, and small businesses".
The protesters, which included members of the well-known Soldiers Mothers Committeee, circulated a petition calling on Acting President Vladimir V. Putin to settle the conflict peacefully.
If Congress acts by next summer to settle the contentious issue of how online retailers should be taxed, that decision would override Amazon's deal with California.
"The increased prevalence of individuals choosing to use acts of violence to settle disputes between friends, acquaintances and more disturbingly family members must be addressed, if we are to stop the violence in our communities," the former chief said.
Writing his own libretto, Chausson drew dangerously near "Tristan" in telling a story of adultery and betrayal within a context of chivalric legend, and his score, especially in the first act, often seems about to settle into the tracks of that Wagner opera or of "Parsifal," a parallel portrayal of a wounded, grieving world.
In 1971, Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in order to settle land disputes between Alaska Natives and the federal government.
