Sentence examples for settlement adopted from inspiring English sources

Originally called the Outlet because of its location where the lake empties into the river, the settlement adopted an abbreviation of Memphremagog for its name in 1855, when it was incorporated as a town.

Mr. Cameron told the House of Commons on Wednesday that he had written to the governments of 15 other Commonwealth nations that recognize Queen Elizabeth as head of state urging their acceptance of a change in the succession rules set by the Act of Settlement, adopted in 1701, which stipulates that male children have precedence over their older sisters in succession to the throne.

In line with national standards for such settlements adopted by bishops across the country last year, there is no confidentiality agreement.

Black people in townships and settlements adopted another English import, football, though rugby gained a foothold in provinces such as Eastern Cape.

Unreconciled to this settlement, Franz Joseph adopted a foreign policy that prepared the way for a passage at arms with Italy and Prussia, by which he hoped to regain for Austria its former position in Germany and Italy, as it had been established by Metternich in 1814 15.

Both previously identified sites and newly recognised find-spots have been positioned, described and spatially analysed in connection to the topography of the investigated territory, in order to set hypotheses on the settlement strategies adopted by prehistoric groups.

The Calvinism of the reformers led by Knox resulted in a settlement that adopted a Presbyterian system and rejected most of the elaborate trappings of the Medieval church.

The notion of these Celtic settlements was adopted by J. R. R. Tolkien for the fictional world of "The Lord of the Rings".

His father worked as a surveyor in the land the British planned to settle on; as was common among the European men who worked far from European settlements, he adopted the Indian custom of polygamy.

As part of the settlement, Tagged has adopted privacy reforms and altered its invitation processes.

These settlements violate the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, international law and the United Nations Resolutions, particularly UNSC Resolution 446 adopted on March , 1979