The Law of Nations Affecting Commerce During War: With a Review of the Jurisdiction, Practice and Proceedings of Prize Courts |
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... resulting from the present emergency , upon the interesting subjects of lawful belligerents and their rights , of the rights and obligations of neutrals , of the law of blockade , of contra- band traffic , and of other kindred topics ...
... resulting from the present emergency , upon the interesting subjects of lawful belligerents and their rights , of the rights and obligations of neutrals , of the law of blockade , of contra- band traffic , and of other kindred topics ...
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... resulting from nature of the traffic . 127 National character of ship generally determined by the residence of the owner . Liability to capture determined by the flag or pass . 130 130 Sometimes by the nature of her employment . 131 By ...
... resulting from nature of the traffic . 127 National character of ship generally determined by the residence of the owner . Liability to capture determined by the flag or pass . 130 130 Sometimes by the nature of her employment . 131 By ...
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... resulting from the civil war in the United States Warlike and civil .. 159 159 161 162 164 165 Modern practice as to embargo .. 165 * Operation and effect of embargo .. 166 f Civil embargo ..... 168 The embargo of the United States of ...
... resulting from the civil war in the United States Warlike and civil .. 159 159 161 162 164 165 Modern practice as to embargo .. 165 * Operation and effect of embargo .. 166 f Civil embargo ..... 168 The embargo of the United States of ...
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... resulting therefrom . 407 The national character of prize property generally the principal issue .. 408 Question of national character . 409 As affected by domicile ... 409 As affected by trade .. As affected by the ship's flag or pass ...
... resulting therefrom . 407 The national character of prize property generally the principal issue .. 408 Question of national character . 409 As affected by domicile ... 409 As affected by trade .. As affected by the ship's flag or pass ...
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... resulting from the want of an appropriation to pay the necessary ex- penses of adjudication ... How to be liquidated ... Attempted remedy by statute provision ... Reasons for such construction of the statute as shall secure the remedy ...
... resulting from the want of an appropriation to pay the necessary ex- penses of adjudication ... How to be liquidated ... Attempted remedy by statute provision ... Reasons for such construction of the statute as shall secure the remedy ...
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Page 493 - States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 485 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 493 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
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 485 - Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress.
Page 313 - ... language employed, and if the words are free from ambiguity and doubt, and express plainly, clearly and distinctly, the sense of the framers of the instrument, there is no occasion to resort to other means of interpretation. It is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation...
Page 485 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of seventy-five thousand, in order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed.
Page 487 - ... be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo, as prize, as may be deemed advisable.
Page 313 - Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them.
Page 493 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...