Settlement right
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Definitions from Case Law
From 36 U.S. 1 - Lessee of Joseph Marlett v. John Silk · 1837Most cited · 8 citing opinions
a right founded on a prior actual settlement which has not been abandoned, is just as valid in law as a right vested by a prior warrant or patent. 'Title by settlement and improvement, is now as well established as any species of title in Pennsylvania; and very often has been preferred to warrant, survey and patent.