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... engaged , would not have taken place ? Let those who deride the notion that a State has International duties weigh well the following words of M. Prevost - Paradol , uttered but two years ago : - " Le démembrement du Danemark , toléré ...
... engaged , would not have taken place ? Let those who deride the notion that a State has International duties weigh well the following words of M. Prevost - Paradol , uttered but two years ago : - " Le démembrement du Danemark , toléré ...
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... engaged in it to " the penalty of confiscation " ( k ) . England , how- 66 Lord Chancellor Thurlow , and Lord Weymouth , Secretary of State in 1778. Ib . vol . i . p . 234 . ( ) See pt . iv . ch . i . of this volume . ( k ) The ...
... engaged in it to " the penalty of confiscation " ( k ) . England , how- 66 Lord Chancellor Thurlow , and Lord Weymouth , Secretary of State in 1778. Ib . vol . i . p . 234 . ( ) See pt . iv . ch . i . of this volume . ( k ) The ...
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... in the case of one of the contracting parties being engaged in war with any other Power , no arms , ( 1 ) See the section at length , Appendix vii . , p . 562 . ammunition , or military stores of any kind carried by xxiv PREFACE .
... in the case of one of the contracting parties being engaged in war with any other Power , no arms , ( 1 ) See the section at length , Appendix vii . , p . 562 . ammunition , or military stores of any kind carried by xxiv PREFACE .
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... engaged in war , in which the other should remain neutral , the ships of war and pri- vateers of the belligerent Power shall conduct themselves towards the merchant - vessels of the neutral Power as favourably as the course of the war ...
... engaged in war , in which the other should remain neutral , the ships of war and pri- vateers of the belligerent Power shall conduct themselves towards the merchant - vessels of the neutral Power as favourably as the course of the war ...
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... engaged it in an unlawful commerce . " But in the modern practice of the Courts of Admiralty " of this country , and I believe of other nations also , a " milder rule has been adopted " ( m ) . On the other hand , usage has decided that ...
... engaged it in an unlawful commerce . " But in the modern practice of the Courts of Admiralty " of this country , and I believe of other nations also , a " milder rule has been adopted " ( m ) . On the other hand , usage has decided that ...
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Page 349 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 230 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 242 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean ; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
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Page 201 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 582 - He shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour.
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Page 164 - Such Persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen by Warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual thinks fit to approve, and their Names shall be inserted in the Queen's Proclamation of Union.
Page 243 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have, to or with any State or People for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any jiart of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...