grant, lift, extraterritoriality, locality

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

President Abraham Lincoln protected the Yosemite Valley with the Yosemite Grant on this day in 1864. http://met.org/2u3A22R

Albert Bierstadt (American 1830 - 1902) | Merced River, Yosemite Valley | 1866

On that day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill establishing Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove as protected wilderness areas. It was the first time in U.S. history that land was designated for public use and preservation, and is viewed by many as the birth of the national parks system.Jun 30, 2014

150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act | PBS ...

www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/yosemite-turns-150/

 Chinese premier calls on Europeans to lift arms embargo

The 15th China-EU summit in Brussels has opened with discord. Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the EU to lift its arms embargo against
Beijing and grant free market status to the world's second largest economy.





extraterritoriality (ek-stru
No Visa, No School, Many New York Districts Say
By NINA BERNSTEIN
Civil liberties advocates have unsuccessfully asked the Education Department to stop localities from imposing enrollment barriers on immigrant children, intentionally or not.

lo·cal·i·ty (lō-kăl'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. A particular neighborhood, place, or district: "Localities, even individual villages, developed their own languages" (Wall Street Journal).
2. The fact or quality of having position in space.

[French localité, from Late Latin locālitās, from locālis, local. See local.]

h-ter-i-tor-ee-AL-i-tee)

[名][U]《法律》治外法権.

noun
Exemption from the jurisdiction of local law, granted to foreign diplomats.

Etymology
From Latin extra- (outside) + territorium (land around a town), from terra (land).]

Usage
"Henry McMaster also said he plans to argue that the extraterritoriality principle bars one state from passing laws that would affect people in other states." — Monica Chen; State Attorney General Addresses York County Day; The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina); Mar 28, 2007.

grant[grant]

• 発音記号[grǽnt | grɑ'ːnt]
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[動](他)

1 ((形式))…を与える, 授ける；［grant (A) B/grant B (to A)］〈（A（人）に）B（物）を〉授与［交付, 下賜］する. ⇒GIVE

grant a scholarship to a student ［＝grant a student a scholarship］
学生に奨学金を与える.

2 〈人の願いなどを〉かなえる；［grant A B/grant B to A］〈A（人）のB（要求・嘆願など）に〉応ずる, 同意する, 〈AのBを〉聞き入れる；［III that節］〈…ということを〉承諾する

grant a request
願いを聞き入れる

grant a child his wish
子供の望みをかなえてやる

May God grant good fortune to you！
ご幸運を祈ります.

3 ［III[名]/that節］（議論を進めるなどのために）…を（いちおう）認める, 仮に…だと認める；［V[名]to be[形]］〈…が〉（…であると）（ひとまず）認める, 譲歩する

I grant that he is honest. ［＝I grant his honesty. /I grant him to be honest. ］
彼が正直なことはいちおう認めます

He is capable, I grant you, but he doesn't work hard.
なるほど彼は能力はあるよ, でもあまり働かないね.

4 《法律》〈人に〉〈財産・権利などを〉（特に証書によって）譲渡する.

take ... for granted

(1) …を当然のことと思う

I take (it) for granted (that) people are honest.
人間は当然正直なものだと思っている.

(2) 〈所有物・権利などを〉当然のこととしておろそかにする；正しく評価しない.

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1 授与［助成, 交付］されたもの；交付［助成］金, 補助［奨学］金

government grants to universities
大学への政府補助金.

2 [U][C]授与, 下賜, 下付；許可, 認可；容認, 同意.

3 《法律》譲与［譲渡］証書；[U]譲渡.

［古フランス語←ラテン語crēdentāre（crēdēre信じる＋-ent現在分詞語尾＋-āre不定詞語尾）. e-がg-に変わったのは, おそらくgarantir （GUARANTEE）との類推による. △CREED, CREDIT］