The public trial did not go through, and instead a private settlement was made.

Those who do press charges - and succeed - are often paid off with private financial settlements before reaching the courts.

But litigation was better than private settlement by witchcraft; though of course they weren't mutually exclusive.

They were mainly due to the private settlement of native Bessarabians already living in the country.

Afterwards, a self-colonisation began by private settlement within the country.

The case was settled after the two parties reached a private settlement in December 2011.

The divorce was finalized on July 12, 2011 with a private settlement.

Byron kept his word, and their separation was made legal in March 1816, in a private settlement.

In early March 2012, she was awarded compensation in a private settlement.

Microsoft and Apple apparently entered a final, private settlement of the matter in 1997.