Medieval rulers would grant an exclusive right to a "monopoly."

The ruler of Venad (Travancore) granted the Syrian Christians seventy two rights and privileges which were usually granted only to high dignitaries.

The ruler of the one is omnipotent, whereas the ruler of the other has only the power granted to him by his Creator.

In 1914, Bahrain's ruler granted to the British that he would not order the exploitation of oil nor grant any oil concessions without their prior approval.

The ruler Damarla Chennappa Nayakudu, the Nayaka of Vandavasi, granted the British permission to build a factory and warehouse for their trading enterprises.

The Hungarian rulers granted the Jassic people special privileges.

Often, a local secular ruler would grant vast woodlands and wilderness and a few villages to an order like the Cistercian monks, who would erect an abbey, call in settlers and cultivate the land.

His Majesty Qaboos bin Said al Said, the benevolent ruler of the Sultanate of Oman granted land in Darsait that enabled the school to be established.

However, gradually the rulers of Russia granted large estates of land to their non-Finnish favorites, ignoring the traditional landownership and peasant freedom laws of Old Finland.

The ruler of Jayakarta (now Jakarta) in West Java granted the VOC permission to build a warehouse in 1610, but he also granted the English trading rights.