1.   If, moreover, the unit in question receives widespread legal recognition, we call it a sovereign state.

2.   Without specifying whether the state would grant the Roman Catholic Church legal recognition, Salinas undertook to promote it to a new legal position.

3.   Mark Rees, from Tunbridge Wells, is a transsexual who has fought a lengthy battle for legal recognition of his sex change.

4.   Both want legal recognition for gay partners, although both oppose legalizing gay marriage.

5.   A central demand of Maya groups is that their traditional system of community land ownership be given the same legal recognition and protection as individual ownership.

6.   A new poll shows that Californians remain solidly supportive of a ballot initiative that would bar the legal recognition of gay marriages in the state.

7.   But it spoke most eloquently, and humanely, when it referred to those who struggle for legal recognition of their same-sex partnerships.

8.   But Wednesday he pointed out that the group also supported legal recognition of same-sex marriages.

9.   Despite their small numbers in Israel, Reform and Conservative Jews made some recent progress toward broader legal recognition.

10.   During his long tenure Velazquez was instrumental in getting legal recognition of the right to strike.