Velaz, seizing the ancient prerogative of longtime servants, was blistering her ears with objections and admonitions.

The Abbess of Las Huelgas retained her ancient prerogatives up to the time of the Council of Trent, in the 16th century.

The imposing Neo-Renaissance style of the building was aimed at asserting France's prior influence in Palestine, at a time when France was being deprived of its ancient prerogatives by the Mandatory Powers.

His greatest achievement has been to teach New Yorkers that good government is not a zero sum game; that even in a city where every neighborhood, block and building jealously guards some ancient prerogative, change can make things better for everybody.

"Taking the auspices" was an important part of all major official business, including inaugurations, senatorial debates, legislation, elections and war, and was held to be an ancient prerogative of Regal and patrician magistrates.

Accordingly, she let it be knowni that she intended to abrogate the present constitution, which hampered her absolute power, to put the legislature under royal control, and to revoke the voting rights of many citizens and generally restore the ancient prerogatives of the monarchy.

Next problem: Representatives of the city's powerful guilds demanded to know what the Empire's attitude would be toward their ancient prerogatives.

He knew that the Confraternity endangered itself, and knew that the most ancient prerogative of law was the monopoly of death.

Thinking about the Tandu put her in a melodramatic mind to carry around a dirk, and to exercise a woman's ancient last prerogative should those murderous creatures ever capture her.

Kings insisted on their ancient prerogative to promulgate laws independently of the Cortes.