the act of forming or establishing something | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities |
the way in which someone or something is composed | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies |
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making |
| a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it |
| a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government |
| a community of people smaller than a town |
| an area where a group of families live together |