The Law of Nations Affecting Commerce During War: With a Review of the Jurisdiction, Practice and Proceedings of Prize Courts |
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... officers and some of the crew of the prize vessel ... 395 Importance of this rule and the consequence of its violation . 395 Duty of prize - master to notify the admiralty immediately on arrival . 396 And to deliver up papers found on ...
... officers and some of the crew of the prize vessel ... 395 Importance of this rule and the consequence of its violation . 395 Duty of prize - master to notify the admiralty immediately on arrival . 396 And to deliver up papers found on ...
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... officers and prize crew . Rules as to examination of witnesses in preparatorio .. PAGE 396 397 397 397 THE PRIZE LIBEL . - Its proper form , and by whom filed . Monition and warrant . 400 401 The test - affidavit of claimant . Service ...
... officers and prize crew . Rules as to examination of witnesses in preparatorio .. PAGE 396 397 397 397 THE PRIZE LIBEL . - Its proper form , and by whom filed . Monition and warrant . 400 401 The test - affidavit of claimant . Service ...
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... officers of the United States , while engaged in executing the orders of their superiors , have been arrested and held in custody as prisoners , or have been impeded in the discharge of their official duties , without due legal process ...
... officers of the United States , while engaged in executing the orders of their superiors , have been arrested and held in custody as prisoners , or have been impeded in the discharge of their official duties , without due legal process ...
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... officers only swear to support the Constitution , his official oath , as pre- scribed in it , requires him ' to the ... officer of the navy capturing this vessel would have per- formed a lawful act . Had the President forbidden her ...
... officers only swear to support the Constitution , his official oath , as pre- scribed in it , requires him ' to the ... officer of the navy capturing this vessel would have per- formed a lawful act . Had the President forbidden her ...
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... officers of the United States government , act within particular states , to enforce or defend the laws of the United States the same as if no state demarcation existed . The whole extent of the country is one nation and one government ...
... officers of the United States government , act within particular states , to enforce or defend the laws of the United States the same as if no state demarcation existed . The whole extent of the country is one nation and one government ...
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actual adjudication admiralty armed authority belligerent rights blockaded port Britain captured property cargo carry circumstances citizens civil claim claimants colony commerce commission condemnation confiscation Congress considered Constitution contraband courts of admiralty Cranch crew cruiser declaration decree deemed demnation District doctrine duty effect enemy enemy's country enemy's property enforce entitled established exercise existence fleet force foreign Gall held hostile character joint-captors jurisdiction law of nations learned judge letters of marque liable maritime master ment merchant military naval navy neutral country neutral vessel owner parties peace persons possession principle prisoners of war prize courts prize law prize of war proceeds proclamation purpose question rebel recapture regarded residence restitution right of postliminium right of search rule salvage Santissima Trinidad says Lord Stowell seizure sight sovereign taken tion traband trade tral treaty ture United Vattel vide violation voyage
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Page 494 - And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States to observe, obey, and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited. And the Executive will in due time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional relation between the United States and their respective States and people, if...
Page 280 - And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy, without knowing that the same is...
Page 494 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due, is his lawful...
Page 488 - And We do hereby declare that all Our Subjects, and Persons entitled to Our Protection, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril and of their own wrong, and that they will in nowise obtain any Protection from Us against any liabilities or penal consequences, but will, on the contrary, incur Our high Displeasure by such Misconduct.
Page 489 - That the proceeds of all ships and vessels, and the goods taken on board of them, which shall be adjudged good prize, shall, when of equal or superior force to the vessel or vessels making the capture, be the sole property of the captors; and when of inferior force, shall be divided equally between the United States and the officers and men making the capture.
Page 488 - And we do hereby further warn all our loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that if any of them shall presume, in contempt of this our royal proclamation, and of our high displeasure, to do any acts in derogation of their duty as subjects of a neutral sovereign, in the said contest, or in violation or contravention of the law of nations...
Page 382 - Prevent the long-aimed blow. And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill : Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend, discretion, like a vapor sinks ; And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks.
Page 257 - ... or persons whatsoever do commit any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said statute, upon pain of the several penalties by the said statute imposed, and of our high displeasure. And we do hereby further warn all our loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that if...
Page 488 - ... contravention of the law of nations in that behalf; as, for example, and more especially, by entering into the military service of either of the said contending parties, as commissioned or non-commissioned officers or soldiers; or by serving as officers, sailors, or marines on board any ship or vessel of war or transport of or in...
Page 370 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.