The elaborate system of titulature and precedence gave the court prestige and influence.
Still others say they fear harm to their personal privacy or to the court's prestige.
On the one hand, he views himself as a steward of the court's prestige and authority, and he has called for incremental decisions from large majorities rather than broad but sharply divided rulings.
In 1876 he might have had the Republican Party's nomination for president, but he rejected it because, in his view, his candidacy would detract from the court's prestige.
The concerto brought Alfonso and his court international prestige, as the ladies' reputation spread throughout Italy and southern Germany.
From the 1890s through the 1930s, hit men, drug lords, gang leaders, crooked cops, city officials, and lawyers courted money, prestige, and influence in New York City's Chinatown in a deadly dance of underworld intrigue.
Not only is abolition still avoided by politicians fearful of soft on crime rhetoric but a Court whose prestige was damaged by repudiation of its 1972 effort will be hesitant to move precipitously.
But instead of just going after the prime waterfront land in Dubai that secures the bonds, QVT and other foreign creditors said last Friday that they would consider suing Dubai World in British and local courts for its prestige properties, including its ports and foreign real estate assets held by the conglomerate's investment arm, Istithmar.
New Court, London Financial prestige meets cultural super-sophistication in Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for Rothschild.
Long after its political power had been usurped by military men, the court retained its prestige as the fountainhead of culture.
