Sentence examples for granting of a from inspiring English sources

Feoffment, in English law, the granting of a free inheritance of land (fee simple) to a man and his heirs.

The next month the Continental Congress approved the granting of a lifetime soldier's half-pay pension to her.

America's granting of a visa to Gerry Adams helped to legitimise Sinn Fein, secure a ceasefire and get talks going.

With the granting of a state charter in the latter year, Packard became treasurer of the board of trustees.

State regulations forbid the granting of a full liquor license to any establishment within 200 feet of a school.

They will speak of his "modernity" and of his encouragement of women's education, his curtailment of religious "fatwas", his granting of a little freedom to Saudi critics.

Ahead was a mere formality: the granting of a waiver by Commissioner Ambach, necessary since Wagner lacked some of the qualifications for the job required under state law.

Petition, written instrument directed to some individual, official, legislative body, or court in order to redress a grievance or to request the granting of a favour.

Former NSW minister Eddie Obeid has lost his civil case against the anti-corruption body which investigated the granting of a coal exploration licence on his family's land.

The defendant's lawyers had demanded a reduced sentence, of between two and three years, "compatible with the granting of a reprieve".

Finally, two years ago, President Lopez Portillo approved the granting of a plot in Chapultepec Park for construction of the museum.