Sentence examples for fiscal privilege from inspiring English sources

Within hours the Assembly was propelled into decreeing "the abolition of feudalism" as well as the church tithe, venality of office, regional privilege, and fiscal privilege.

The "special and peculiarly ancient" honour and freedoms given to Ely by charter at that time may have been intended to award only fiscal privilege, but have been interpreted to confer on subsequent bishops the authority and power of a ruler.

Its fiscal privileges have been put under the spotlight.

If museums start to behave too much like businesses, Mr Anderson fears that these fiscal privileges could come under threat.

"Here the conflict dates from 1836," insists Joseba Aurrekoetxea, a leader of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), referring to the Carlist war after which the central government revoked the Basques' fiscal privileges (restored in 1979).

The clergy and the townsmen forced the Rigsråd (Council of the Realm) and nobility to give up their fiscal privileges, to negotiate with the King for a new constitution, and to recognize Frederick as hereditary sovereign, nullifying his royal charter.

In exchange for the loss of political rights, Junkers had been confirmed in their social and fiscal privileges: with the full rigour of serfdom (Leibeigenschaft) and rights of jurisdiction over tenants went a secure hold over local government.

If and when the fiscal privileges currently enjoyed by BEVs are abolished, how much will their market share drop?

A statute of Elizabeth I defined education as a charitable purpose, entitled to certain legal and fiscal privileges.

The little State inside Rome does look like a paradise, a fiscal paradise: no corporate income duties, no trade tariffs, no real estate taxes and a considerable amount of fiscal privileges.

The church of St. Sebastian was also probably begun at this time, and it was in these early years of his reign that Constantine began issuing laws conveying upon the church and its clergy fiscal and legal privileges and immunities from civic burdens.