At last in 1234 a good half of that province was formally ceded to him.

On 21 September 1667 the island was formally ceded by the royal troops to the new governor.

Its officials have formally ceded it to me in all its operations.

It was re-occupied by the British in 1806 and formally ceded in 1814.

The area was then formally ceded in 1721 by the Treaty of Nystad.

After the British assumed control in the late 18th century, the Dutch formally ceded the area in 1814.

March 1792: Malabar was formally ceded to the British.

At the London Convention of 1814, both colonies were formally ceded to Britain.

The Courlanders retained control of these lands for less than a decade and they were formally ceded to England in 1664.

The fort with all its territory was formally ceded under a treaty to the East India Company in 1768.