Sentence examples for promote settlement from inspiring English sources

In 1767, proprietors, who were expected to promote settlement, were awarded 64 of these lots by ballot, and for the next century absentee-landlord problems beset the colony.

Noyes instructs that the purpose of the contribution statute is to promote settlement, that a low settlement figure alone is not evidence of "bad faith," and that settlements should be routinely approved without extended hearings if the purpose of the statute is to be served.

Part II provides a game-theoretic model of a settlement escrow in order to further demonstrate how this device can reduce delay and promote settlement in the presence of asymmetric information.

Presently, the draft proposes a cost-shifting rule intended to promote settlement by forcing a nonsettling plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs if it fails to settle and does worse than the settlement at trial, a measure that is not as extreme as the "loser pays" provisions of the SHIELD Act.

The Spanish, eager to promote settlement in the sparsely populated region, did not enforce the requirement that all immigrants had to be Roman Catholic.

Proponents of moving the capitol also sought to promote settlement and the economy in the interior, as well as making the government more accessible to the people throughout the state.

Netanyahu's new team will promote settlements and oppose an independent Palestinian state - and is also likely to include Naftali Bennet's openly annexationist Jewish Home party.

Self-interest aside, attorneys for corporations and insurers say allowing parties to seal court records helps to promote settlements.

Thus, the creditors can continue "agreeing to disagree" about the values of their respective pieces, thus promoting settlement and avoiding socially costly valuation disputes.

Since the 1960s, when military rulers promoted settlement to rid themselves of troublesome social groups and lay claim to a vulnerable part of the country, about 18% of the forest has disappeared.

Elizabeth's reign also witnessed Russian victories over Turkey that expanded and consolidated the empire's control in southwestern Ukraine, between the Bug (Buh) and Dniester rivers, and promoted settlement in Ukraine.