Sentence examples for gained title from inspiring English sources

Land was plentiful, and the Minangkabau frequently gained title to land by clearing, planting, and living on it.

Albert was unpopular with the Finns, and by 1374 a Swedish nobleman, Bo Jonsson Grip, had gained title to all of Finland.

Under the deal, Enron gained title to the authority's energy only for an instant before it was transferred back to the agency, Mr. Blumenthal said.

Cinda and China Construction Bank together are now beginning to auction a mishmash of properties here and around the country to which they have gained title through foreclosures.

But the settlement of October 1465 was a grave setback for the king, whose brother Charles gained title to Normandy while Charles the Bold, soon to inherit Burgundy, acquired strategic counties and towns in Artois.

He gained title to the bishopric of Fulda and other smaller areas in Germany in negotiations with the French emperor Napoleon I in 1802 but lost all his German titles in 1806, when he sided with Prussia against Napoleon.

Isabella's eldest son, Charles (afterward Charles III of Spain), and his brother Philip both gained titles to Italian domains.

Preliminary studies by the Peruvian government have not found much evidence that access to credit has increased for families that gained titles.

Puritans from the New Haven colony settled the area in 1640 after gaining title to the land from the Corchaug Indians, who called it Yennecott.

The wild card in the proposal is what the city could do with the trade center property should it gain title.

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson banned smoking in college dormitories, created rules allowing museums to gain title to unclaimed art and even gave his approval to wine-flavored ice cream as he signed 137 bills into law on Tuesday.