well-settled

English

Adjective

well-settled (comparative more well-settled, superlative most well-settled)

1. 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, 2019–2022.