landesherrlich-staatliche Initiative
English translation: initiative on the principality-national level
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| 18:34 Dec 8, 2003 |
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|  Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 17:42 | ||||
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| 4 | by initiative of the principality |
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| 3 | An attempt |
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| 3 | an initiative at sovereign state level |
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An attempt Explanation: Can be attributed to an initiative on the principality-national level Landesherr - sovereign, prince Landesherrlich - relating to the sovereign or prince. Landesherrlichkeit - Landeshoheit - sovereignty Langenscheidt Muret-Sanders |
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an initiative at sovereign state level Explanation: Slight mod of Kim's offering. Very valid point from Richard. If you read the first three paras at the URL I think it becomes clear that it could have been one or more states. Either way, I think the above would cover it. Reference: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Frank/Places/germany.ht... |
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by initiative of the principality Explanation: initiated by the administration of the principality "landesherrliche Initiative" would have implied a personal initiative by the landesherr |
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