Sentence examples for sold to settle from inspiring English sources

The rest of his estate was sold, to settle his debts.

Creditors had been after him, and his belongings, including yachts and collectible cars, were being sold to settle his debts.

Fashionista Blow killed herself in 2007, and her own extensive wardrobe - sold to settle debts on her estate - was bought in its entirety by Guinness to keep it intact.

But she adds to this introduction a powerful solicitation: " He is a slave and unless he can raise money this summer for his ransom must be sold to settle an insolvent estate".

Many legends surround the dragons, including an improbable one claiming they were made of solid gold and sold to settle the gambling debts of the Prince of Wales, the future George IV.

In December 2005, the State Supreme Court ruled that 79 Horatio had to be sold to settle a long-running dispute between Mr. Gottlieb's company and Vicky Gabay, the other owner, over management of the building.

And Michigan's attorney general issued a formal opinion in June stating that the collection, though owned by the city, is held in charitable trust for the people of Michigan and cannot be sold to help settle some of Detroit's billions of dollars in debts.

They defend Mr. Davis's approach as an effort to ensure consensus and say he showed decisiveness today in using his emergency powers to seize low-price, long-term power contracts that would otherwise have been sold to help settle utility debts.

The group was sold to help settle Birmingham City Council's £1.1bn bill for equal pay claims.

The archdiocese had property it could sell to help settle the victims' lawsuits.

In 2001, Mr. Joseph unlawfully purchased a handgun to sell to individuals to settle a debt he owed.