well-settled
English
Adjective
well-settled (comparative more well-settled, superlative most well-settled)
- Fully established or determined; standing on firm historical footing.
- Synonym: well-established
- 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting:
- Ramos didn’t just announce a new rule. It reversed a prior, well-settled one.
Further reading
- “well-settled”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.