Plaintiff put the vehicle in Schwartzman's hands, according to its testimony, solely for the purpose of permitting a test run, and not with any idea of conferring title upon him.
From him the kingship passed to Gawsworth - who claimed it enthusiastically, conferring titles on, for example, Barry Humphries, Joan Crawford, Lawrence Durrell and Diana Dors.
A wit that can still strike a chord today: "I said it was not the custom in England to confer titles on men distinguished by peaceful services, however good and great; unless occasionally, when they consisted of the accumulation of some very large amount of money".
In his years at the seminary Rabbi Soloveitchik ordained over 2,000 rabbis, leading Yeshiva to claim that he had conferred the title more often than any other American seminary teacher.
They met in New Orleans last January at the championship game, where the Bears conferred the title "official team comedian" on Dreesen, a Chicago native and devout follower of the city's pro teams.
In 2005, she was conferred the title of INFORMS fellow.
While the Assembly conferred the title of ayatollah on Khamenei, many clerics never recognised this.
The legitimacy to chart such a radical path forward is not conferred by title alone; it must be earned.
Finally on Aug. 27, 1569, Pope Pius V conferred the title of grand duke (granduca) of Tuscany on Cosimo.
On 2 May 2000, he was conferred the title of "Grand Officer in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
