Our insurer, Guardian Royal Exchange, has an excellent reputation for speedy settlement.

On this I sent again, raising my demands, and insisting upon a speedy settlement.

In 1634 North petitioned the king for a speedy settlement of these proceedings, which had then lasted for 17 years.

Everything hinged upon timing, a speedy settlement was essential.

In 1993, court administrators assigned judges to concentrate on divorces and changed the court rules to stress early conferences and speedy settlements in contested cases.

Hopefully, this decision will convince the Suffolk Legislature that a speedy settlement is the right and proper course of action," he said.

The workers hope that the daily inconveniences will convince tenants to pressure their landlords for a speedy settlement.

But so far his actions, including the declaration of a monthlong cease-fire, have done little to encourage a speedy settlement, Sudanese analysts and Western diplomats said.

I also support his call for a speedy settlement of the permanent status of Kosovo on the basis of far-reaching autonomy or independence.

He said "it would be the cause of speedy settlement of the land".