Sentence examples for before it was settled from inspiring English sources

Before it was settled, the judge who had presided at the trial died.

The city may be covered in asphalt, concrete and steel, but long before it was settled, Manhattan was a raw island of mostly glaciated schist rock.

Last September, on the eve of a jury trial, Mrs. Romney was dropped from the lawsuit before it was settled out of court, according to the Romney campaign.

Crimean Tatars lived in the area for centuries before it was settled by either Russians or Ukrainians, but now make up only about 13% of Crimea's population.

The site was a campground for the Winnebago before it was settled in 1850 by Joseph Kelly from Monroe, Wisconsin, who named it for his son; it was called Charlestown and St. Charles before receiving its present name in 1860.

The case, the largest inheritance contest in the history of New York, went through 14 weeks of trial in 1986 before it was settled out of court, with the children dividing up about 12percentt of the total.

Harriet did fairly well, but Labour is in disarray and will be preoccupied with its leadership for four months before it's settled – and for four years afterwards.

Moreover, California, and the islands of the Pacific before it, were settled by people who were willing to pack up their families, turn their backs on the known world and never look back.

Even if your partner is open to letting you pay for your share of the bill, there's always a certain back and forth that needs to take place before it's settled.

Landskroner said punitive damages would not apply in this case, partly because it was settled before going to a judge or jury.

It was settled just before going to trial in Federal District Court in Marshall before Judge T. John Ward.