I rest my case.

In matters of war and peace, Japan abdicated its sovereignty.

As a result, large areas had to be ceded to Sweden.

(a) The injured State has validly waived the claim

After 1917 the residents of the islands worked towards having them ceded to Sweden.

In other words, Japan renounced Taiwan without reassigning it.

The Savoyard influence on the city grew, and the Habsburgs ceded it to them in 1452.

The provinces were ceded back to Cambodia by a border treaty between France and Thailand in 1906.

In January 2004, further unencumbered balances relating to the bienniums 1992 1993, 1996 1997, 1998

After the successful landings on the Moon, the U.S. explicitly disclaimed the right to ownership of any part of the Moon.

France ceded Louisiana to the United States by the treaty of Paris, of April 30, 1803.

Spain made a cession of East and West Florida by the treaty of February 22, 1819.

Finland ceded territory representing 11 of its land area and 30 of its economy to the Soviet Union.

France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America to Britain in 1763 after the Seven Years' War.

Treaty of Paris (1763) On February 10, 1763, France ceded most of New France to Great Britain.

With fiscal austerity all the rage, they have given up ensuring that people can buy and industries can produce.

Under the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, Spain officially ceded the western three eighths of Hispaniola to France which renamed the colony Saint Domingue.

A compensation of 20 million US dollars was paid to Spain according to the terms of the 1898 Treaty of Paris.

In June 1944, Finnish troops partially withdrew from the ceded areas again as a result of the Soviet Fourth strategic offensive.

The constitutional history of Canada begins with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, in which France ceded most of New France to Great Britain.

The Spanish rule of the Philippines officially ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which also ended the Spanish American War.

If the victim or heir chooses to waive qisas, or qisas is judicially held to be inapplicable, an offender is subject to tazir or discretionary punishment in the form of imprisonment.

Savonia, which had been a part of Sweden from the late 13th century, was separated from Sweden when Finland was ceded to Russia in 1809.

The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809), by which Sweden ceded Finland, including parts of the province of Lappland and the Åland Islands, was signed in Hamina.

But in 1898, Spain ceded its control of the island to United States following the Spanish American War, under the terms of the Treaty of Paris.

The Group expressed its appreciation to Member States which had renounced their shares of the unencumbered balances and encouraged other Member States to follow suit.

Examples In 1790, the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia both ceded land to create the District of Columbia, as specified in the U.S. Constitution of the previous year.

The US under Obama has increasingly ceded ground to China, a trend that admittedly began when the Bush administration became preoccupied with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In response to calls for debt cancellation, China and India have forgiven significant amounts ( 1.2 billion and 500 million, respectively) owed by other developing countries.

Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Whatever America s motive, it later wisely decided to join the UN effort. The Bush administration s face saving rhetoric that it had rushed to push together the core group in the absence of other efforts was quietly let to pass.

The report contained a number of subjective interpretations, including a misreading of Israel's statement that, while it had relinquished any authority to operate militarily in the Gaza Strip, it reserved its right to act in self defence.

In July 1988, Jordan unilaterally surrendered its claim to the West Bank, a decision which opened the door for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to become the sole representative of the Palestinian people. For Jordanian Palestinians, it meant that we could become stateless people overnight.

In 1918 Armenia had proclaimed its independence and asked the Government of Azerbaijan to yield land to enable it to establish its own State in solidarity, the Government of Azerbaijan had ceded territory on the understanding that in the future the two neighbouring countries would be linked and that Yerevan would become the capital of the current Armenian State.

The Court found that the language of the 1923 Treaty clearly and without ambiguity showed that the Band surrendered its fishing rights throughout Ontario when it entered into that Treaty and concluded that the Crown had satisfied its onus of establishing that the representatives of the Band knew and understood the treaty and its terms.