Lord, Lord, Lord!" She flailed her arms.
(The Stanleys refused to be called "kings" and instead adopted the title "lord of Mann," which still holds).
(Years before Kim Jong-il came to power, the North Korean Academy of Social Sciences altered the definition of hereditary rule in its "Dictionary of Political Terminologies," removing the phrases "a reactionary custom of exploitative societies," "originally a product of slave societies," "adopted by feudal lords as a means to perpetuate dictatorial rule").
For example: "When singing of the joy of nature, lyrics should reflect the advantages of the socialist system .In the 1970 edition of North Korea's "Dictionary of Political Terminologies", hereditary succession was called "a product of slave societies...later adopted by feudal lords to perpetuate dictatorial rule".
In the early seventies, the North Korean Academy of Social Sciences expunged the definition of hereditary rule from its Dictionary of Political Terminologies — "a reactionary custom of exploitative societies," "originally a product of slave societies," "later adopted by feudal lords as a means to perpetuate dictatorial rule".
Somehow Fashion Statement can't read that without adopting its best Lord of the Rings voice: "Welcome to the day of MAN, children of the earth, for soon, their time will be past …" Anyway, if yesterday is any guide, the future for menswear will involve leather studded collars (isn't that Orc-wear rather than menswear?), metallic boiler suits and fishnet socks.
The wealthy lord Tehiptilla was "adopted" almost 200 times, acquiring tremendous holdings of landed property in this way without interference by the local governmental authorities.
The system was perfected by Colombian drug lords and later adopted by Mexican drug cartels: When drugs are sold in the United States, the proceeds, in American dollars, are smuggled back into Mexico or Colombia, where they are exchanged for pesos at a discounted rate.
This was originally a custom of the feudal lords, but was adopted by other classes from about the 16th century.
Lord Justice Burnett said Mr Smith had adopted the facts found by the family court judge, Mr Justice Jackson, which were not made public or properly recorded at the inquest.
John Sigismund ceased to style himself king of Hungary after the Treaty of Speyer of 1570, under which he adopted the title of "Prince of Transylvania and Lord of parts of the Kingdom of Hungary".
