settlement out of court

基本解釋

Their bill encouraged doctors and hospitals to investigate errors and apologize for mistakes, to facilitate what Mr. Obama described as "a reasonable settlement that keeps the case out of court."
他們鼓勵(lì)醫(yī)生和醫(yī)院研究學(xué)習(xí)錯(cuò)誤并且為這些錯(cuò)誤道歉，根據(jù)奧巴馬的描述就是“一個(gè)合理的處理方式可以避免法律糾紛”。
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In June, in an out-of-court settlement, the company agreed to pay $45m.
今年7月，在一次庭外和解中，該公司同意賠付4500萬美元。
In 1994 the singer reached an out-of-court settlement with the family of an 11-year-old boy.
在1994年，他與一個(gè)11歲男童的家庭達(dá)成庭外和解。

Criminal charges against Muammar Gadhafi's son, Hannibal and his pregnant daughter-in-law were dropped after the two abused domestic servants reached an out-of court settlement and withdrew their complaint.

Hundreds of policyholders have already been compensated with a settlement out of court.
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More often than not, Davidson says, people are willing to pay the settlement out of court rather than enter a losing battle where the amount owed is likely to be three to five times more than the settlement offer.
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Given the limited amount of evidence-gathering, the judge said, the court could abandon the usual deference given to settlements reached in arms-length negotiations. (Judges have their own conflict here: a settlement gets the litigation out of their court, while challenging it guarantees more time wasted on a trivial matter).
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