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Once appointed, office holders went through elaborate rituals to both familiarize themselves with their new duties and elevate them to a divine status.
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Once and appointed
Once the Roman Senate resumed their consular elections in 216 BC, they appointed Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus as consuls.
Once the Prime Minister has been appointed, the President has no discretion on any other matter whatsoever, including the appointment of ministers.
Once more, Amitabha came to her aid and appointed her a thousand arms to let her reach out to those in need.
Once Air-chief Marshal Pervez Kureshi was retired, the most junior air marshal Muschaf Mir ( who worked with Musharraf in 1996 to assist ISI in Taliban matters ) was appointed to four-star rank as well as elevated as Chief of Air Staff.
Once appointed admiral-in-chief, Barbarossa was charged with rebuilding the Ottoman fleet, to such an extent that the Ottoman navy equalled in number those of all other Mediterranean countries put together.
Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment.
Once the troops from Buenos Aires had withdrawn, the Banda Oriental appointed its first autonomous government.
" Once appointed, federal judges:
Once he had appointed the president, the governor-general appointed the remaining members of the Executive Council on the president's nomination.
Once a new judge was appointed the judge immediately dismissed the charges.
Once an elected position that began around 1967 it was converted to an appointed position in 1983.
Once a new judge was appointed the judge immediately dismissed the charges.
Once Philip himself came to power, he was convinced by de Zúñiga, appointed his principal foreign minister, and Olivares that he should commit Spain to a more aggressive foreign policy in alliance with the Holy Roman Empire.
Once the Lord Chancellor, Baron Thurlow, hears of the King's rapid recovery, the race begins to get the King to Parliament in time to stop the Prince of Wales being appointed Regent.
Once appointed, the President of the Government forms an administration whose ministers are appointed and removed by the king on the president's advice.
Once the asantehene and his council had been exiled, the British appointed a resident commissioner to Asante, who was given both civil and criminal jurisdiction over the territories.
Once appointed, the President of the Government forms his government whose ministers are appointed and removed by the King on the president's advice.
Once again appointed Lord Chancellor in 1485, he was shortly afterwards dismissed by Henry VII.
Once Aëtius was dead, Maximus asked Valentinian to be appointed in his place, but the Emperor refused ; Heraclius, in fact, had advised the Emperor not to allow anyone to possess the power that Aëtius had wielded.
Once elected president, Nixon appointed Romney Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Once appointed he soon introduced wing-sized fighter sweeps into France, known as " rodeos.
Once a year, traditionally on St Lukes Day, a Fellow is appointed to deliver the Harveian Oration to the assembled college in memory of William Harvey.
Once and office
Once in office, John XXIII made the Medici Bank the bank of the papacy, contributing considerably to the family's wealth and prestige.
Once in office, when the Chinese began a buildup in the Kaesong sanctuary, he threatened to use nuclear force if an armistice were not concluded.
Once in office, these individuals maintain direct contact with the Queen, wherever she may be at the time.
Once in office, the new president showed signs of reneging on some of his pledges, especially those related to the appointment of a bipartisan cabinet.
Once in office, both his capacity and his motivation to continue and to expand such improvements increased.
Once in office, Gálvez demonstrated more independence than had generally been anticipated.
Once an individual swore to abide by the electoral capitulation, he assumed the office of King of the Romans.
Once Jenkins took office he immediately set about reforming the operation and organisation of the Home Office.
Once the Senate confirms a nomination, the president must prepare and sign a commission, to which the Seal of the Department of Justice must be affixed, before the new justice can take office.
Once in office, an elected official may change parties simply by declaring such intent.
Once in office, the governor general maintains direct contact with the Queen, wherever she may be at the time.
Once, says author Eric Silver in The Book of the Just, " Two Gestapo men came to his office and demanded that he hand over a family of five who had bought forged Polish identity papers.
Once his studies were completed, Balzac was persuaded by his father to follow him into the law ; for three years he trained and worked at the office of Victor Passez, a family friend.
Once married, the man had status as an " Intermarried White ," a member of the Cherokee tribe with restricted rights ; for instance, he could not hold any tribal office.
Once used extensively in office buildings, the manually adjustable light reflector is seldom in use today having been supplanted by a combination of other methods in concert with artificial illumination.
Once the trial or coronation concluded, the Lord High Steward would break his white staff of office, thereby symbolising the end of his service in that position.
Once he assumed the full office in 1610, Buck clearly was the primary censor for public drama.
Once in office as governor on May 21, 1928, Long moved quickly to consolidate his power, firing hundreds of opponents in the state bureaucracy, at all ranks from cabinet-level heads of departments and board members to rank-and-file civil servants and state road workers.
Once inside the school, after going under the stone entryway, the office of the principal was on your immediate left.
Once the Commissioners take office, they divide up responsibility for the municipal departments.
Once the rail line was completed, the mail was delivered by train to Stanfield, thus moving the post office from Locust, NC to Stanfield.
Once termed Skippackville, the village served residents of Skippack with a post office, fire house, printing house, shirt factory, furniture maker, blacksmith, liquor store, a hat store and several inns including the Valley House now called " Justin's Carriage House ".
Once the town of Liberty was chartered little more than a month after the Salubrity post office closed, the name Salubrity became little more than a memory.
Once again Clift's performance was critically acclaimed ; however, the movie bombed at the box office due to its lackluster script.
Once inside his office on the 9th floor of The Helmsley Building, they disarmed Maranzano's guards.
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