permit of residence

He was said to have plans to process each prostitute's permit of residence personally, and to have ordered a special stamp just for this purpose.

England holds the Island on yearly rent-free lease, and every year the lease and permit of residence is formally renewed.

One evening, while reading a fairy tale to the girl, Voigt receives the official denial of his permit of residence application; this and Liese's death finally move him into resisting the cruel system he is caught in.

His closing backhanded compliment, "There are worse places," makes me wonder why he continues to live in any part of Switzerland or, for that matter, why the Swiss afford him a Niederlassungsbewilligung - a permit of residence.

The President of the Island is required by custom to crawl across the garbage on his stomach and deliver the Permit of Residence and Renewal of the Lease, signed by every citizen of the Island, to The Resident Governor who stands resplen- dent in dress uniform.