Terms Used In Iowa Code 681.17

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 The assignee shall dispose of all personal property and divide the proceeds of the same among creditors as they may be entitled thereto within six months from the date of the assignment, and shall dispose of real estate within one year from such date, and make full settlement by that time, unless the court, for good reason shown, shall extend the time within which such disposition or settlement shall be made.