(n.) The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
Example Sentences:
(1) The issue has been raised by an accountant investigating the tax affairs of the duchy – an agricultural, commercial and residential landowner.
(2) The prince's spokesman, asked about the effect of the judge's ruling, gave a different reason to the duchy for the estate not paying corporation tax.
(3) "In modern times, neither the Queen nor the Prince of Wales has refused to consent to any bill affecting Crown, Duchy of Lancaster or Duchy of Cornwall interests, unless advised to do so by ministers," the palace said.
(4) Alas, Charles could not, any more than his great Uncle Edward VIII in 1936 , take the salary with him on emigration; the duchy is public property.
(5) "Duchy Originals products have always been firm favourites with our customers, and we now have the opportunity to develop the range into the definitive premium, sustainable British food brand."
(6) The Duchy's revised proposal stated that it would build no homes if the council did not accept the reduced figure.
(7) They started producing Liz Cox bags from a Duchy of Cornwall stone barn overlooking a cow field, selling to a network of hundreds of shops.
(8) Any change to the duchy's tax status threatens to reduce the annual surplus paid to the prince for his private and official spending.
(9) But will they sell Duchy Originals at the concession stand?
(10) The title and property of the Duchy of Cornwall were created in 1337 by Edward III, and were given by royal charter to his son, the Prince of Wales also known as the Black Prince.
(11) Andrews explained: "Granted that these proposed changes ... will apply to construction contracts entered into by or on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall, we should be very grateful to receive the consent of the Prince of Wales."
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Herbal tinctures by Duchy Originals, the Prince of Wales’s company.
(13) Bills in parliament that would affect the sovereign's private interests (or the royal prerogative) require the Queen's consent; by extension, therefore, bills that would affect the duchy also require consent, and since the Prince of Wales administers the duchy he also performs the function of considering and granting relevant requests for consent.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Guardian reporter Rupert Neate attempts to track down the staff of Arteva Europe The new revelations will step up the pressure on Juncker who, in his former role as prime minister of Luxembourg, pointedly praised Luxembourg’s tax policies, something that attracted Skype to the Grand Duchy.
(15) "The whole point about the duchy is that it is set up specifically, and indeed is required by law, to maintain its capital, to roll over and maintain its capital and to invest in the future so as to generate income for the future.
(16) It was hard not to think of a world of Duchy Original buildings nurtured in the flowerbeds of Highgrove and fed with organic concepts and craftsmanship.
(17) The Prince of Wales's most senior official is to defend the tax status of his £763m Duchy of Cornwall hereditary estate before the Commons public accounts committee, which has already scrutinised the tax affairs of Starbucks, Google and Amazon.
(18) The test case involved a local environmental campaigner, Michael Bruton, who was concerned about the duchy leasing waters for farming Pacific oysters in the Lower Fal and Helford intertidal area in Cornwall.
(19) Prince Charles relies on duchy profits to fund his lifestyle and work, and last year received £18m in profits from the estate.
(20) So far, homes for 1,200 residents have been built on 101 hectares (250 acres) of Duchy of Cornwall land.
Marchioness
Definition:
(n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Introduced to Toynbee Hall by Stella, the Marchioness of Reading, he began washing dishes in its kitchen, moving on to the meths drinkers' club.
(2) So shocked was he by the sinking of the pleasure boat, the Marchioness, on the Thames in 1989 that he spent months collecting the detritus of the river along the shoreline and photographed it minutely to try to find out what it all meant.