Sentence examples for property franchise from inspiring English sources

In 1851 partial self-government was introduced, and the Legislative Council was reformed to include two-thirds elected membership, based on a property franchise.

Under the constitution adopted in 1890, the new Western Australian Parliament consisted of a Legislative Council (nominated by the governor until 1893 and thereafter elected on a restricted property franchise) and a Legislative Assembly elected on manhood suffrage.

This conservative constitution, with its steep property franchise and the great powers it gave the crown in the choice of ministers, could not stop the drift toward the left implicit in liberalism itself.

The new constitution set up two houses of Parliament a Legislative Council of 34 members, elected on a limited property franchise, and a Legislative Assembly, elected on a wider property and income franchise.

When asked whether or not Disney has an intellectual property franchise that's comparable to Harry Potter at Universal theme parks, Disney chairman Bob Iger mentioned Cars and the Disney Princesses, and promised that Star Wars, "is going to be just that".

Nothing, I submit, can be plainer than the fact that the value of the capital stock of a corporation represents all its property, franchises, good will,—indeed, everything owned by it wherever situated.

(13) Make contracts, including contracts of guaranty and suretyship, incur liabilities, borrow money at such rates of interest as the corporation may determine, issue its notes, bonds and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage, pledge or other encumbrance of all or any of its property, franchises and income,..."... 8 Del.C. § 122(13).

But McDonald's kept the property where franchise Store Number 1 opened in April 1955, and has restored it from original blueprints.

It may be that only a minority group of die-hard fans have these extreme reactions to attempts to reboot or expand an existing property or franchise, but we're all online now, so that's all it takes before others will join in with the outrage.

For example, he helped a property management franchise company with a recent blog about millennials and property management.

Not only is ABC part of an enormous media behemoth bent on wringing maximum value from "Scandal" and "Star Wars" and the Marvel universe, just about every property and franchise in Hollywood is being rebooted or re-imagined for the modern era.