"The law and the church just granted it to me."

If a bill were to pass, the law would not grant the District any additional authority over its local affairs.

A 1986 law granted legal status to about three million illegal immigrants from several countries.

There is a federal law granting that elders (over 60) get special treatment.

The court rejected that argument, saying the federal law did not specifically grant such authority.

Saudi women may not be allowed to vote or to drive, but Islamic law does grant them the right to control their finances.

The law also granted husbands more authority over their wives' property.

There is no law granting all people the right to clean drinking water in Guatemala.

He had a leading role in the passage of the first law granting substantial Federal aid to local schools.

These laws may grant the courts, police, or a medical doctor the power to order an individual to be apprehended to hospital for treatment.