Sentence examples for discreet settlement from inspiring English sources
Ethel quits her job, accepts a discreet settlement from the earl and moves to London with the child.
In 2009 Delaware launched a fast-track, behind-closed-doors arbitration process in the hope of attracting international firms and joint ventures that place a premium on the quick, discreet settlement of disputes.
The moment for a discreet settlement, however, has already passed: frustrated by repeated failed efforts to make contact with King Albert, Ms. Boël went to court in Brussels last month to try to force him and two of his official children, including Prince Philippe, to give DNA samples to try to prove paternity.
Meanwhile, ever since the 1960s, civil "class-action suits" have taught managers the wisdom of seeking rapid, discreet settlements to avoid long, expensive and embarrassing trials.The drawbacks of America's civil tort system are well known.
The roster includes many more well-known figures whose names have never been publicly linked with hers because the discreet settlements she negotiated for them stayed behind the scenes.
Now it's in demand for second homes, and the landscape began to reveal discreet holiday settlements, mostly still favoured by Italians, Germans and Swiss.
If they are worded to give plenty of discretion to a trustee in making distributions, trusts can also serve double duty and protect children from lawsuits or divorce settlements, Mr. Magill said, and be more discreet and effective than prenuptial agreements.
He described the legal agreement in 2007 as, "not so a much a settlement as it was compassionate assistance — we were trying to help the young man by being discreet".
In states such as Maryland and Ohio, the pattern of settlement in supposedly rural areas is such that it can actually be quite difficult to find a discreet spot away from housing to stop the car and have a pee.
