Along with this invitation the bishop granted the Jews rights and privileges which went well beyond contemporary practice.

And at his request, the bishops almost certainly will grant the necessary dispensation.

This understanding allows the Bishop to grant a dispensation to dissolve a union when it has become a fiction.

In the same year, the Bishop granted the people of Lynn the right to hold a market on Saturday.

The Pope or a bishop may grant a dispensation to a marriage when the affinity rules would be breached.

In return the bishop granted him lands in Alsace.

The Bishop may also grant exemptions to the Ordnung.

In 1188, the Bishop of Paderborn granted town rights under Soest law.

Before St. Pankratius's day in the year 1409, the Bishop granted permission for the chapel to be built.

The Bishop of Cambrai granted synodal rights to the abbots.