However, soon Mieszko began his efforts to obtain his own Duchy, maybe in part because his older brother Bolesław took all the government into his hands and left little participation for Mieszko there.

The last known event of this sort was the destruction of the Duke of Aveiro's palace in Lisbon in 1759, due to his participation in the Távora affair ( a conspiracy against King Joseph I of Portugal ).

He returned to Rome after Plautus ' death ( 62 AD ), but as a consequence of his practising and teaching Stoicism, he became an object of suspicion and dislike at Nero's court, and was accordingly banished to the island of Gyarus ( 65 AD ) on a trumped-up charge of participation in the Pisonian conspiracy.

Karl Sand, the murderer of August von Kotzebue, was one of Fries's pupils ; and a letter of his, found on another student, warning Sand against participation in secret societies, was twisted by the suspicious authorities into evidence of Fries ' conspiracy.

While skeptics may dismiss as conspiracy theory some of his later notions – such as having been a product of occult-based Nazi Vril selective breeding programs – his claims regarding participation in such highly-classified US government mind-control programs and foreknowledge of the John F. Kennedy assassination are consistent with the time period, his residences, and the nature and locations of his military service.

A crime against peace, in international law, refers to " planning, preparation, initiation, or waging of wars of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing ".

These further arrests revealed that the Royalist conspiracy would eventually involve the active participation of the Duke of Enghien, who was a relatively young Bourbon prince and thus another possible heir to a restored Bourbon monarchy.

Gustavo A. Madero was the one to uncover the participation of Victoriano Huerta in the conspiracy.

After having admitted his participation in the conspiracy, Herold was tried and sentenced to death by hanging.

Despite the Nationalist Party's disavowal of any participation in the attack, several Nationalists were arrested, and nine were accused of " murder and conspiracy to incite violence.

Years had healed the breach between him and the Medicean family ; and on the occasion of the Pazzi conspiracy against the life of Lorenzo de ' Medici, he had sent violent letters of abuse to his papal patron Sixtus, denouncing his participation in a plot so dangerous to the security of Italy.

With these defections, Massino was implicated and charged with seven more murders: the three capos ( this time for participation in the murder itself rather than conspiracy ), Mirra, Bonventre, Infanti and Sciascia.

On November 11, public prosecutor Leo de Wit accused him of six criminal acts: murder, attempted murder ( of a police officer ), attempted manslaughter ( of by-standers and police officers ), violation of the law on gun-control, suspicion of participation in a criminal organization with terrorist aims, and conspiracy to murder with a terrorist purpose Van Gogh, member of parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and others.

However, he was arrested on 7 January 1799 for alleged participation in conspiracy against the Tsar and spent two years in exile to Kostroma, where he taught himself Latin.

In November 1917, Purishkevich was arrested by the Red Guards for his participation in a counterrevolutionary conspiracy, after the discovery of a letter sent by him to General Kaledin in which he urged the Cossack leader to come and restore order in Petrograd and he became the first person to be tried by the first Revolutionary Tribunal.

Due to the participation of the 8th Duke of Aveiro in the Távora affair ( a conspiracy against the King ), all the possessions of the Dukes of Aveiro were confiscated, their coat-of-arms destroyed from the public places, their houses demolished and their lands salted.

He was executed by the Marquis of Pombal under orders of King Joseph I of Portugal, due to his participation in the Távora affair, a conspiracy against the king.

On September 20, 2012, AU Optronics Corporation was sentenced to pay a $ 500 million criminal fine for its participation in a five-year conspiracy to fix the prices of thin-film transistor LCD panels sold worldwide.

On August 3, 1921 he was arrested by Cheka on allegation of participation in monarchist conspiracy known as " Petrograd military organization " or Tagantsev conspiracy.

It saw the participation of 60, 000 delegates and ended with a huge demonstration against the war ( 1, 000, 000 people according to the organizers ).

Litigation for the purpose of profit is referred to as “ Ambulance chasing ”: If for the purpose of harassment, for example to silence critics, it is known as a strategic lawsuit against public participation ( SLAPP ).

* Strategic lawsuit against public participation

Æthelred was not personally suspected of participation, but as the murder was committed at Corfe Castle by the attendants of Ælfthryth, it made it more difficult for the new king to rally the nation against the military raids by Danes, especially as the legend of St Edward the Martyr grew.

Finland's foreign politics before this deal had been varied: independence from Imperial Russia with support of Imperial Germany in 1917 ; participation in the Russian Civil War ( without official declaration of war ) alongside the Triple Entente 1918 – 1920 ; a non-ratified alliance with Poland in 1922 ; association with the neutralist and democratic Scandinavian countries in the 1930s ended by the Winter War ( 1939 ); and finally in 1940, a rapprochement with Nazi Germany, the only power able to protect Finland against the expansionist Soviet Union, leading to the Continuation War in 1941.

Perhaps most important for determining the success of both the Greens and the SPD was the increasing threat of war in Iraq, which was highly unpopular with the German public, and helped gather votes for the parties which had taken a stand against participation in this war.

Most of the government's new policies clashed directly with the traditional Afghan understanding of Islam, making religion one of the only forces capable of unifying the tribally and ethnically divided population against the unpopular new government, and ushering in the advent of Islamist participation in Afghan politics.

In 1990 France, led by François Mitterrand, joined the short lived Gulf War against Iraq, the French participation to this war would be called the Opération Daguet.

Since the end of the war, Jordan has largely restored its relations with Western countries through its participation in the Middle East peace process and enforcement of UN sanctions against Iraq.

On 10 July 1941 Ribbentrop ordered General Eugen Ott, the German Ambassador to Japan to :" Go on with your efforts to bring about the earliest possible participation of Japan in the war against Russia ... The natural goal must be, as before, to bring about the meeting of Germany and Japan on the Trans-Siberian Railroad before winter sets in.

They may congregate outside the business they are striking against to make their presence felt, increase worker participation, and dissuade ( or prevent ) strike breakers from entering the workplace.

* Active participation in the work of international organizations, UN and its specialized agencies, WTO – and at the regional level – OSCE, Council of Europe against global threats: terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, global warming, organized crime, damages to the environment, economic and social issues, disrespect for human rights etc.

Berkeley weighs increased participation and a blurred line between producer and consumer against concerns that game copyrights limit commercialization and growth of machinima.

These states must balance participation against norms:

Nevertheless, the adventures are still more local than national in scope: while King Richard's participation in the Crusades is mentioned in passing, Robin takes no stand against Prince John, and plays no part in raising the ransom to free Richard.

Anti-SLAPP ( strategic lawsuit against public participation ) laws can be applied in an attempt to curb alleged abuses of the legal system by individuals or corporations who utilize the courts as a weapon to retaliate against whistle blowers, victims, or to silence another's speech.

* France was nearly surrounded by territory controlled by the two Habsburg states ( Spain and the Holy Roman Empire ), and was eager to exert its power against the weaker German states ; this dynastic concern overtook religious ones and led to Catholic France's participation on the otherwise Protestant side of the war.

* Strategic lawsuit against public participation (" SLAPP ")

Repeated themes include participation in processions of the dead or large feasts, often presided over by a horned male deity or a female divinity who teaches magic and gives prophecies ; and participation in battles against evil spirits, " vampires ", or " witches " to win fertility and prosperity for the community.

* October 30 – Henry II, Duke of Montmorency, is executed for his participation in the rebellion of Gaston, Duke of Orléans against the French king Louis XIII.

On August 19, 2007, the American Psychology Association ( APA ) voted to bar participation, to intervene to stop, and to report involvement in a wide variety of interrogation techniques as torture, including " using mock executions, simulated drowning, sexual and religious humiliation, stress positions or sleep deprivation ", as well as " the exploitation of prisoners ' phobias, the use of mind-altering drugs, hooding, forced nakedness, the use of dogs to frighten detainees, exposing prisoners to extreme heat and cold, physical assault and threatening the use of such techniques against a prisoner or a prisoner's family.

Historically, individuals with MS were advised against participation in physical activity due to worsening symptoms.