What does octroy mean?
Octroy means To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc)..
This is only, as usual, making an individual the scapegoat of an epoch! It is given to no man to octroy the liberty of peoples.
Meanwhile, however, preparations were already being made by the imperial court to impose the octroyed constitution (composed by the Interior Minister, Count Franz Stadion) on March 4, 1849, and to dissolve the Parliament on March 7.
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Octroy means To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc)..
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This is only, as usual, making an individual the scapegoat of an epoch! It is given to no man to octroy the liberty of peoples.
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