The matter was privately settled on February 6, 2003.

It was a bluff, because he wasn't about to involve Washington in something that would be better settled privately here and now.

The officers who responded were told that the matter would be settled privately, and no police action was taken, the Captain said.

The university sued him for breach of contract in 1993, and the case was settled privately.

A private matter had to be settled privately.

This was going to be settled between them privately.

The case was settled privately out of court.

None of the suits have yet gone to trial, though many have been settled privately.

Most such cases have been settled privately but they sometimes end up in court.

And in such a situation, there's no point in us making arrests, since the matter was settled privately.