Sentence examples for grant land from inspiring English sources

New York, which then claimed present-day Vermont, disputed New Hampshire's right to grant land west of the Green Mountains.

To swell his army, the king needed to add new vassals, and he inevitably had to grant land to some of them from his own demesne.

Mpezeni found himself in the middle of European competition for control of southeastern Africa, and his unwillingness to grant land and mineral concessions to European colonists earned him their enmity in the 1890s.

Hernando de Soto, the Peruvian economist, has long argued that finding ways to grant land titles to subsistence farmers and others can set them — and their country — on the path to stability and growth.

The organisation was set up to oversee land distribution but prosecutors claim that corrupt officials within it only grant land to those who promise to supply illegal wood in return.

So when I argue that the best way – or at least the cheapest way – to stop climate change is to grant land rights to indigenous communities, you might suspect I'm not coming from an entirely objective viewpoint.

The Nigerian government said it would grant landing rights to a plane chartered by the Home Office to deport Mr Muazu if it tried again.

This allowed him to grant lands to his nobles as a privilege, conditioned on their military support.

After the 6th century, filid were granted land.

In 1610 James I granted land to John Brownlow, who formed an English colony there.

Despite their service, neither the Lovett nor the Murray family were granted land.