Sentence examples for officials of the crown from inspiring English sources

The power of censorship, though it remained for a time with the Sorbonne, also passed eventually to officials of the crown.

In Anglo-Saxon England, ealdormen, or aldermen, were high-ranking officials of the crown who exercised judicial, administrative, or military functions.

The London Gazette, which records honours and is an official newspaper of the Crown, said: "The Queen has directed that the appointment of Naseem Hamed to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 1998, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order".

Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, it's a historical epic about an official of the Spanish crown on a dangerous mission.

The upshot of a meeting in the summer of 1991 between the boss of Boeing Commercial, furious American officials and the Crown Prince of Kuwait was a messy compromise.

His challenge of the widespread practice of endowing officials in the service of the crown and papacy with ecclesiastical benefices intended for the cure of souls brought him into conflict with both.

The prerogative powers that the government officials exercise on behalf of the Crown, coupled with a weak system of checks and balances between the Parliament and the executive, can lead to an abuse of those powers which may be detrimental to the people.

Officials at the Crown Property Bureau did not respond to e-mailed questions.

In UK law there is a presumption that "Generally, a person will not be acting in the course of his official duties as a servant of the Crown when doing something that is prohibited by the general law".

He gave new powers to the municipalities and to the Cortes, in exchange for their support against the nobles, and furthered the power of the crown by choosing officials without aristocratic affiliations.

Scotland Yard officials consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service on how broadly to investigate.