The money is supposed to meet a "protracted balance-of-payments need".
That effort led, after protracted litigation and a payment of about $12 million to the developer, to a division of the tract, with the larger north section becoming state parkland.
The high court decision in London came after years of protracted disputes over maintenance payments for Ms Young.
The protracted negotiations resulted in the payment of the arrears of Byzantine tribute, the promise that Constantine VII would marry one of Simeon's daughters, and, most importantly, Simeon's official recognition as Emperor of the Bulgarians by Patriarch Nicholas in the Blachernae Palace.
This is a step in the right direction, as the problem is not the legal minimum for severance payments but the protracted court process that follows many dismissals, which often takes several years and eventually yields a random outcome.
A protracted delay in Department obligations and payments beyond one week would severely curtail the cash flow to school districts, colleges and universities, and vocational rehabilitation agencies that depend on the Department's funds to support their services.
The three main problems identified were vagueness in the eligibility criteria, which allows erroneous decision-making on eligibility; disparities between the level of need and the amount of support given; and the protracted period claimants have to wait for payment.
Pharo said "what you might get is a protracted process of her stalling on the payments", before clarifying to the judge that in two to 3% of cases there would be "no payment at all".
He told MPs: "The alternative to any payments made would have been protracted and extremely expensive litigation in an uncertain legal environment in which the government could not be certain that it would be able to defend departments and the security and intelligence agencies without compromising national security.
"The alternative to any payments made would have been protracted and extremely expensive litigation in an uncertain legal environment in which the government could not be certain that it would be able to defend Departments and the Security and Intelligence Agencies without compromising national security.
