Second, since the ruler is granted power conditionally, it follows that the people have the power to withdraw their sanction if the proper conditions are not fulfilled.
By the Treaty of Dalaborg of 1388, the nobles proclaimed Margaret Sweden's "sovereign lady and rightful ruler" and granted her the main portion of Bo Jonsson Grip's vast domains.
The right of the first born son to inherit his father's property has been a bulwark of Sark life for centuries since the seigneur, the island's hereditary ruler, was granted the island in perpetuity by Queen Elizabeth I in 1565.
Historically, the elephants were under the constant control of a driver or mahout, thus enabling a ruler to grant a last-minute reprieve and display merciful qualities.
For example, he noted that in several successful Latin American transitions to democracy, military rulers were granted immunity from prosecution in return for stepping down peacefully.
After the election (1846) of the popular and democratic Pope Pius IX, whose reforms and policies unloosed liberal enthusiasm throughout Italy, Leopold became one of the first Italian rulers to grant a constitution for representative government (Feb. 17, 1848).
These were devices that consisted of large, permanent measuring stations, with lines and markers to predict the level of the annual flood, situated in temples to which only priests and rulers were granted access.
Since the cyclone hit, aid officials said, Myanmar's military rulers have granted visas for aid workers only grudgingly and have placed restrictions on supplies coming into the country, while reassuring citizens that it has a grip on the worsening humanitarian crisis.
At the age of fifty the rulers are granted the pursuit of philosophy, an activity that is interrupted only by periods of service as overseers over the order of the state.
He dots countries with cell towers, sometimes before rulers even grant a license, then slashes the price of mobiles on opening day to get the masses using them fast.
