From a functional perspective, clans help to unify groups by cross-cutting other forms of social organization, such as the settlement, postmarital residence patterns, or age sets.
Barrick gave the women cash settlements and other forms of compensation, such as offers of employment with the company.
State attorneys general are being flooded with complaints about settlement companies and other forms of debt relief.
It is not known how many landmines and UXO remain in the country's soil, but it is clear that it hinders settlement, agriculture and other forms of development by making valuable land dangerous and unusable.
The goal was to strip NBA management of antitrust protection, making the salary cap and other forms of collective bargaining violations of antitrust laws, win a settlement in court, and then immediately re-form the Players Unionn.
Instead, the regulator brokered a $9.3 billion settlement involving $3.6 billion of cash payments and other forms of relief.
Other forms of civic infrastructure are changing, too, as they adapt to the new patterns of settlement.
After the Justice Department filed its suit in 2010, Visa and MasterCard agreed to a settlement that would allow merchants to offer incentives to customers for using other forms of payment.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Bondholders Grumble Over Bank of America Deal | On Tuesday, a consortium of bondholders called Bank of America's $8.5 billion settlement over mortgage-backed securities insufficient, saying it might be unfair to owners of other forms of debt, The New York Times reports.
In February, the ministry said that 29 settlements were in violation of the freeze and that it would increase demolition orders and other forms of enforcement.
