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May and please
A lawyer traditionally starts an oral argument to any appellate court with the words " May it please the court.
Lenthall fell on his knees and replied: " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here.
The epitaph, written in French, is from The_Abyss_ ( Marguerite_Yourcenar_novel ) | The Abyss: « Plaise à Celui qui Est peut-être de dilater le coeur de l ' homme à la mesure de toute la vie .», which can be translated to " May it please the One who perchance is to expand the human heart to life's full measure.
During the Reichstag elections, the fifteen deputies of 1874, 1881, 1884 ( but one ) and 1887 were called protester deputies ( fr: députés protestataires ) because they expressed to the Parliament their opposition to the annexation by means of the 1874 motion in French language: « May it please the Reichstag to decide that the populations of Alsace-Lorraine that were annexed, without having been consulted, to the Germanic Empire by the treaty of Frankfurt have to come out particularly about this annexation.
Since McElwaine, whom he had tried to please as a friend, was no longer in charge, Beatty eventually relented to letting May cut the film her way, partly because he detested Puttnam and believed he was leaking negative information about Ishtar to the media.
When the King asked him if he knew of the location of these members, the Speaker, William Lenthall, famously replied: " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here.
The exasperated host finally pleaded, " May I have my guest back, please?
This answer being told the king, and his lordship approaching nearer the throne, was required by his majesty to explain himself, which he did to this effect: " May it please your majesty, my name is Courcy, and I am Lord of Kingsale in your kingdom of Ireland: the reason of my appearing covered in your majesty's presence is, to assert the ancient privilege of my family, granted to sir John de Courcy, earl of Ulster, and his heirs, by John, king of England, for him and his successors for ever.
Lenthall fell on his knees and replied: " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here.
*" Kaya-no-m ' tek " means " May you orally please the gods ," though Fred thought she was saying " May your words please the gods.
May I have some ketchup, please?
On some of the coins minted in his reign appear the motto in Greek TOYTOAPECHTHXWPA – " May this please the people ".
Can someone please show the relation of the close-up to the wide-shot? Alvis 05: 54, 14 May 2007 ( UTC )
( The two stations became competitors in May 2005 ; for more information, please see " Recent decline and sale to Corus Entertainment " section.
" May I have my legal representative present please?
May it please your Excellencie.
Ouazebas reintroduced on his coins a motto from the time of Ezana: TOYTOAPECHTHXWPA, meaning " May this please the people ".
May it please you, my Lord.
* May it please Your Honour: a history of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1861-2005.
( May we please vomit now?

May and Honourable
* The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC ( 16 September 1983 – 24 May 1995 )
* May 14, 1984January 28, 1990: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada
The Honourable Julian Henry Francis Grenfell DSO ( 30 March 1888 – 26 May 1915 ), was a British soldier and poet of World War I.
* 31 July 19054 May 1910: His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl Grey, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada
* 4 May 191013 October 1911: His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl Grey, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the Militia and Naval Forces of Canada
* May 14, 1984February 18, 1988: His Excellency The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer, High Commissioner to Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu for Her Majesty's Government in Canada
William ( 8 October 1831 – 15 May 1834 ) who died as an infant, and a daughter, Lady Louisa Caroline ( d. 21 September 1907 ), who married Admiral the Honourable Francis Egerton.
The Right Honourable Brian Dickson, born May 25, 1916 in Yorkton, was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984.
* 10 October 190211 May 1905: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Julian Byng
* 11 May 19051 April 1909: Colonel the Honourable Julian Byng
* May 191624 November 1917: Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Julian Byng
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath ( formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath ) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.
The Canadian Bank of Commerce opened for business on May 15, 1867 in Toronto and was founded by the Honourable William McMaster as competition for the Bank of Montreal.
Appointed to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in 2003, she became Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Minister for Women before being appointed to her current positions in Prime Minister David Cameron's Cabinet on 12 May 2010.
The Right Honourable John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury MP FRS DCL LLD ( 30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913 ), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath.
He joined military service as a cadet in 1803 and obtained a commission on 1 May 1804 with the Honourable East India Company.
The Right Honourable David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, PC, MBE ( born 21 May 1942 ), is a British Conservative politician, and was a member of the Cabinet during the Margaret Thatcher and John Major administrations, while also being appointed to serve on the Privy Council in 1980.
14 May 2002-present: The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones
In a radio address on May 30, Minister of Transport George Marler commented, " You will wonder as I do who in the Conservative Party would take the place of the Honourable Lester Pearson, whose knowledge and experience of world affairs has been put to such good use in recent years.
On 2 July 2007, she was appointed Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords, and on 12 May 2010 was appointed Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
On 8 May 1998, Minister of National Defence the Right Honourable Art Eggleton announced in North Bay that the base would stay open indefinitely.
Kurla was connected with Sion on Bombay island by the Sion causeway, which bore the following inscription: ' This causeway was begun in May 1798 and was finished in January 1805, during the administration of the Honourable Jonathan Duncan Esquire.
He had sent messages to the local tribes to determine their intentions .< ref > Foote Note: Reference to Connolly Journal: John Connolly to George Washington, May 28, 1774 "... I have < s > accq </ S > acquainted his Excellency Lord dunmore my Oppinion of matters here, in a concise manner ; and oft which I judg'd necessary toward the advantage of this promi Settlement ; & in order to evince the propriety of my argument transmitted a Coppy of my Journal Since the beginning of ou with the natives, which I apprehend his Lordship will lay the Honourable House -- --" I am with much Regard ... Dr Sir ...
* 29 March-10 May 1904: The Honourable Sir Charles Hardinge, KCMG, CB, CVO

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