His popularity was now such that the Eternal Diet of Regensburg, which met in 1802, resolved to erect a statue in his honor and to give him the title of savior of his country, but Charles refused both distinctions.

In 1957, the state of Arkansas refused to honor a federal court order to integrate their public school system stemming from the Brown decision.

To the exasperation of his friends, Rousseau turned down the great honor, bringing him notoriety as " the man who had refused a king's pension.

The sons persuaded Gregory to go to Louis's camp to negotiate, and initially Louis refused to treat Gregory with any honor.

" I have adamantly and repeatedly refused this dubious honor.

But when Jefferson Davis died in 1889, Beauregard refused the honor of heading the funeral procession, saying " We have always been enemies.

Two months after the Civil War ended, many of these guerrilla fighters who had refused to honor the cease fire finally decided to turn themselves in at Lexington.

When the village was platted, townspeople named it Barbersville, but the couple refused the honor.

Richmond has refused to honor the warranty, and Fruit Heights has refused to offer reasoning as to why the window of approval was opened, causing the Gerber Family to be in a position to either lose their deposit or buy a house that was not sufficiently built.

At first the people called the town ' Stevensonville ' after the founders, but they soon refused the honor.

However, the organizer for the closing banquet refused to honor the reservations of these four mathematicians.

The group also claimed that they were taking the action because Robert Morgado had refused to honor a new deal they had worked out with Bob Krasnow shortly before he quit the label.

It was an honor that was refused ( on more than one occasion ) by the salonnières.

According to Josephus, Philo and the larger Jewish community refused to treat the emperor as a god, to erect statues in honor of the emperor, and to build altars and temples to the emperor.

When he refused, Congress decided not to honor the terms of the convention, and the army remained in captivity.

When the seeds reached Los Angeles, a Mexican bank refused to honor Pakistan treasury's payment of US $ 100, 000, because the check contained three misspelled words.

When Bulgaria called upon Serbia to honor their prewar agreement over northern Macedonia, the Serbs, displeased at being forced by the Great Powers to evacuate Albania, adamantly refused to give up any more territory.

" After meeting with Masterson, Pitkin was persuaded by whatever evidence he presented and refused to honor Arizona's extradition request.

Uriah refused, claiming a code of honor with his fellow warriors while they were in battle.

His appointed successor, Senate President José María Guido, initially refused the dubious honor, citing loyalty to the president.

Unlike most other contenders, he was easily able to wield and string the bow, but as he got up to take part, Draupadi refused him the honor of taking part in the competition.

As to Esterhazy, who also tried to pick a quarrel with him, Picquart refused to grant him the honor of a meeting.

One visitor refused to remove his " even if the King were present " but Lambert replied that " Then by G ——, Sir, you must instantly quit this room, as I do not consider it a mark of respect due to myself, but to the ladies and gentlemen who honor me with their company.

As one of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC ) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.

Portugal was briefly also ruled by the House of Habsburg with Castile and Aragon in the Iberian Union, but this short-lived arrangement was never popular in Portugal ; Portugal after 60 years refused to be ruled by the Habsburg king.

In the House of Commons Major refused to sign-up to the first draft of the " Mitchell Principles ", which resulted in the ending of the ceasefire.

In March 1995, Major refused to answer the phone calls of United States President Bill Clinton for several days because of his anger at Clinton's decision to invite Gerry Adams to the White House for St Patrick's Day.

He refused an offer of a television series based on Animal House to be filmed in California in order to remain close to the New York stage.

Husseini refused the request, stating that Orient House, as a diplomatic institution, was exempt.

In line with Sinn Féin policy, he refused to take his seat in the House of Commons.

The rural-dominated legislature refused to redistrict state House and Senate seats from 1901 to the 1960s.

With Catania's amendment, the bill passed the House, but the Senate refused to accept the amendment.

However, the electors refused claiming inability to support two kings, but in reality, perhaps, leery of the increasing power of the House of Habsburg.

Tories in the House of Lords agreed to the disfranchisement of the borough, but refused to accept the precedent of directly transferring its seats to an industrial city.

In the last year of his life, Edward became embroiled in a constitutional crisis when the Conservative majority in the House of Lords refused to pass the " People's Budget " proposed by the Liberal government of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.

In fact, Gilbert later refused to allow quotes from the piece to be used as part of the campaign to diminish the powers of the House of Lords.

Henry refused to attack the Church that had helped him to power, and the House of Commons had to beg for the bill to be struck off the record.

In this instance, House A ( Did not pay their fee ) and the fire department refused to respond to quell the fire.

The passing of the Hunting Act was also notable in that it was implemented through the use of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 after the House of Lords refused to pass the legislation, despite the Commons passing it by a majority of 356 to 166.

The Court of Appeal refused to give the Countryside Alliance permission to appeal their decision to the House of Lords ; however, a petition for permission to appeal was submitted directly to the Law Lords and granted in July 2005.

In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm's most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated.

As a consequence neither he nor Charles Bradlaugh, who had also refused to take the oath after being elected to the House of Commons, were allowed to take their seats in Parliament.

Because she strongly desired to campaign for the " No " forces in the weeks leading up to Quebec's 1980 referendum on separation from Canada, Sauvé initially refused the offer of running for the non-partisan position, but eventually acquiesced after Trudeau convinced her that she was the right person for the job and she received permission from the leaders of all the parties in the House of Commons to engage in the federalist campaign in Quebec.

When the Virginia House of Delegates refused Pryor ’ s divorce petition, it was impossible for the couple to marry.

* Barrows Dunham ( 1905 – 95 ), college professor of philosophy and author who was fired by Temple University after he refused to answer questions posed to him in 1953 by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

In the late 17th century, it incurred the wrath of the crown for fostering nonjurors, men who remained loyal to the Scottish House of Stuart and who refused to take the oath to the German House of Hanover, whom they regarded as having usurped the British throne.