Sentence examples for settling land from inspiring English sources

The secular Zionism of those days was no less messianic, says Mr Stern, with settling land as one of its key values.

Most Vietnamese bureaucrats hew to a colourless status quo, but Mr Thanh made himself famous for firing subordinates and settling land grievances in public.

The communities have secured a string of victories, including settling land disputes and phonetically transcribing textbooks to preserve their language, which was unwritten.

On one level, his story is first-person history, for it was in Alaska that the government tried something radically different in settling land claims of indigenous people.

Spyros Skouras, an economist at the Athens University of Economics and Business, who found that the fires increased significantly during election years, says that settling land issues once and for all is difficult politically.

In 1792, partly as a means of settling land disputes with the town farmers, the tribe began annually electing three trustees, a continuous form of government that helped their bid for recognition.

Travelling by ox wagon, the Voortrekkers (Afrikaans-speaking Dutch colonists) journeyed from the Cape Colony into the interior, and up Namibia's coast, settling lands with European ranching methods as they went.

They settle land and water disputes and dictate school curriculums.

The marchers' demands included enforceable property deeds and fast-track courts to settle land disputes, which can take several years.

Special courts will be set up to settle land disputes: landholders will now have to prove they acquired their land legally.

It is the religious figure, not the elected official or tribal elder, who is invariably asked to settle land disputes and other arguments.