Sentence examples for ownership settled from inspiring English sources

Unwilling to let Jack rent the machine out, his partner, who was "about half alcoholled up", agreed to see outright ownership settled by the toss of a coin.

The Mets ownership settled with a federal trustee before a court case was to begin and agreed to give $162m to a trustee for Madoff's victims.

It would also appear to be a strange choice for the Mets, whose ownership last year settled a lawsuit brought against them by the trustee for the victims of the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff.

It may be that West Ham's ownership is settled over the remaining days of December and the club enter the transfer window with some new cash in their back pocket.

Alerted by lucrative oil reserves and fishing grounds, diplomats have been fighting over its status for decades: the UK insists it is British and that its ownership is settled.

The rest of the works from a 50-piece exhibition of Baroque painting in Lombardy went back in September to the museum that lent them, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, while the work in dispute, Girolamo Romano's "Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue," from 1538, remains on the Brogan's third floor until its ownership is settled.

The cargo was salvaged beginning in the 1980s; once litigation over its ownership was settled, the pieces were marketed to the public.

Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, said the question of ownership would be settled through civil suits, including the one already filed in Manhattan.

The court could secure the ship in port until the bill was paid or until an ownership dispute was settled, Nixon said.

Rather than oust Mr. Cojuangco and potentially scotch a major foreign investment, the government struck a deal to leave Mr. Cojuangco in charge of the company for two years or until the antigraft court had settled ownership of the disputed shares, whichever came first.

A high court judge has ruled that part of a court case brought by Steve Hunt must be heard again before ownership can be settled.