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The Maoris of New Zealand were ceded 39,000 acres of land and paid $112 million by the Crown in 1995, as part of a bill personally signed by Queen Elizabeth.
In 1670 the Spanish officially ceded Jamaica to British rule as part of the Treaty of Madrid, and the British began a systematic process of settlement, offering land and aid to prospective settlers.
This the playwright ceded to Morton, the coldhearted Establishment lawyer who unexpectedly throws himself into an anti-establishment cause--and who Northam plays (brilliantly) as an alert snake increasingly unsure of where to strike.
As part of the settlement ending the war, Alsace and a portion of Lorraine were ceded to Germany.
Present-day Azerbaijan was born when Iran ceded the territory to Russia after two wars in the early 19 th century.