Gaining title to the land is also fostering a new sense of pride.
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.
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.
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.
The wild card in the proposal is what the city could do with the trade center property should it gain title.
Last spring, descendants of Malevich gained title to the painting and four others from the collection in an accord with the Stedelijk after a court battle in the United States.
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.
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.
The circuit court ruling, however, set a precedent that concerned both state officials and Alaska Native Corporations, which gained title to 44m acres of land as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
