property settlement

1. 1.

   (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage

   Broadersettlement

   matrimonial law

Questions about property settlement

What does property settlement mean?

property settlement means "(matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage".

Is property settlement a common word?

property settlement is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.