WordNet
n. (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage
Usage examples of "property settlement".
Banner still thinks he's in the saddle and is still trying to negotiate a property settlement, as he calls it.
The farm adjoins a large working plantation called Quantness where, mistaking it for his property settlement on his initial horse and buggy arrival 'driving up as if he owned the place,' further humiliation lay in store upon being directed on by a black house slave to the wretched dwelling where this present scene with his mother takes place.
They can make a marriage settlement before, and a property settlement after, the marriage.
Lover Boy Quarters would want a property settlement and alimony for his use.
So he assured old Pru he didn't care who'd been in the right or wrong during her recent divorce and property settlement.
All he could make out was that the papers referred to a property settlement between Dahl and Haka.
Legally, we'll call it a property settlement between you and Carl Montaine.
Then there's a knock on the door, and who is it but your ex-husband, the one your lawyer screwed so badly in the property settlement, the alimony, and the child support.
He could be trying to attract so much attention that to get any peace, she'll have to deal with his claims about the property settlement.