Weaponless, he could only give a formal assent to the sardonic proposal.

Nunziata may have wished to give his formal assent in order to ensure that there would be no qualms about the legitimacy of Toto's contract.

On 7 June 1753, King George II gave his formal assent to the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum.

Elizabeth withheld her formal assent and support; and the bishops were told to exercise their own lawful authority, and so made to bear all the odium their action aroused.

As the Queen's representative, the Governor-General gives formal assent to the laws passed in Jamaica by the House of Representatives and the Senate before those laws can take effect.

Parliament was also summoned that the formal national assent might be gained for those grave measures which were evidently pending.

The next day, Sunday, Mr. Baker called the Soviet Foreign Minister, Aleksandr A. Bessmertnykh, and asked him to get formal assent to the appointment on a "fast-track" basis.

If the disclosure statement is approved, creditors will be asked to give their formal assent within 25 to 60 days, Mr. Eckstein said.

The monarch gave formal assent to any legislative measure approved by the two houses.

What we famously have agreed on, without formal assent, is how to get rid of the illegals.