Sentence examples for statement of abdication from inspiring English sources

On the following day the king's statement of abdication was read in Parliament and approved.

9.07am BST The statement of abdication is currently being read to Queen Beatrix and Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander.

On August 9 August 2118861886, a group of Russophile conspirators and military officers whom Alexander had passed over for promotion seized the prince in his palace, forced him to sign a statement of abdication, transported him out of the country, and handed him over to the Russians at the Danube port of Reni.

Senator Lee's statement is an abdication of his constitutional duty, and it is that hard-line position taken by the President's opponents, coupled with the trick of "pro-forma" Senate sessions designed specifically to prevent the President from exercising his constitutional authority to make recess appointments, that led to President Obama's action on the Cordray appointment.

It seemed like an act of abdication.

Friday brought the threat of abdication.

Her life was a history of abdication and lamentation.

There is a long history of abdication in the Netherlands.

The edict of abdication by the Dowager Empress of China has been published.

The exhibition of her suffering is both an act of abdication and an unforgettable attack.

For one thing, the royal family has an established aversion to the idea of abdication.