 | Nathan Hale - Monthly chronicle (Boston, Mass.) - 1842 - 596 pages
...specially conceded bv treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high sea* during peace. The undersigned apprehends. however,...the verification of the nationality' of the vessel, hut also extends to the object of the voyage and the nature of the cargo. The sole purpose of the British... | |
 | George William Featherstonhaugh - Canada - 1843 - 134 pages
..." peace. The right of search, except when " specially conceded by Treaty, is a purely " belligerent right, and can have no existence " on the high seas...the voyage, " and the nature of the cargo. The sole pur" pose of the British cruizers is to ascertain " whether the vessels they meet with are really "... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1843 - 752 pages
...In the admirable despatch of my noble Friend, dated the 20th of December, 1841, he wrote thus :— " The undersigned apprehends, however, that the right...confined to the verification of the nationality of the teucl, bol also exu-odi to the object of the voyage, and tbe nature of tbe cargo. ТЪ« sole purpose... | |
 | Denis Creagh Moylan - Jurisdiction over ships at sea - 1843 - 56 pages
...of peace. The right of search, except when specially con" ceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have " no existence on the high seas during peace " The sole purpose of the British cruisers is to ascertain " whether the vessels they meet with are really... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1848 - 414 pages
...time of peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas...voyage and the nature of the cargo. The sole purpose of th» British cruisers is, to ascertain whether the vessels they meet with are really American or not.... | |
 | James Whitman - Great Britain - 1858 - 44 pages
...of peace. " The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas...verification of the nationality of the vessel, but extends to the objects of the voyage and the nature of the cargo. The sole purpose of the British cruisers... | |
 | Search, Right of - 1861 - 30 pages
...visited." The maritime right of visitation and search of neutral merchant vessels is a pure belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during peace. It is allowed by the law of nations only in times of war, 1, for contraband, 2, for military persons,... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Woolsey - 1872 - 504 pages
...are a part : " The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas...nationality of the vessel, but also extends to the objects of the voyage and the nature of the cargo. The sole purpose of the British cruisers is to ascertain... | |
 | John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren - Maritime law - 1877 - 152 pages
...United States Minister, December 20, 1841, distinguishes between " visit " and " search." He says : " The right of search is not confined to the verification...nationality of the vessel, but also extends to the objects of the voyage and the nature of the cargo. The sole purpose of the British cruisers is to ascertain... | |
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American vessels in time of peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by Treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during peace. The Undersigned apprehends, however, that the right of search is... 
