Not until the accession of the German George I (1714), however, did it become settled practice for all the sovereign's descendants in the male line (that is, his children and the children of his sons) to be styled prince or princess and royal highness; great-grandchildren in the male line were prince or princess and highness.
But according to most recent research, the limitanei were originally regular soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and river flotillas, although they eventually became settled militia.
The D.C. court's ruling, if it became settled law, would deprive as many as 4.7 million Americans of the assistance that makes their insurance affordable. .
That should be the first thing that is needed to become settled and to take steps towards becoming a citizen.
Over the years, this has become settled law in California: lawsuits aimed at preventing, say, a brilliant software engineer from joining a competitor have invariably failed.
That a corporation was a person had -- presto -- become settled law.
Neolithic colonists integrated with the indigenous people, gradually changing their lifestyles from a nomadic life of hunting and gathering, to become settled farmers about 6,000 BP – the Neolithic Revolution.
And judges may develop a settled practice of doing this whether or not it is required by any enactment; it may become customary practice in certain types of cases.
The continental monarchies also developed a system of career judicial office, in which the young university licentiate went straight into government service, whereas in England appointment of judges from the senior practicing profession remained the settled practice.
