 | Joseph M. White - Land grants - 1836 - 50 pages
...dominion over the Country. The modern usage of Nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is Acknowledged...generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance, their relation to their ancient Sovereign is dissolved, but thek rela%n.;... | |
 | Joseph M. White - Colonies - 1839 - 762 pages
...dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged...generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance, their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved, but their relations... | |
 | Joseph M. White - Colonies - 1839 - 776 pages
...dominion over the country. The modern nsage of nations, which has become law, would be violated; that sense of justice and of right, which is acknowledged and felt by the civilised world, would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 336 pages
...reaches dominion, add : " The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world be outraged if private property should be generally confiscated and private rights annulled." The same... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1871 - 1168 pages
..."the modern usage of nations, which has become a law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole...generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance; their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved, but their relation... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - United States - 1853 - 364 pages
...dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated; that sense of justice and of right, which is acknowledged...generally confiscated and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance; their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved; but their relation... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional law - 1854 - 674 pages
...modern usage of nations, which has become a law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of righi which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized...generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance ; their relation 10 their ancient sovereign is dissolved ; but their... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1854 - 536 pages
...dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become a law, would be violated; that sense of justice and of right, which is acknowledged and felt by the wholu civilized world, would be outraged; if private property should be generally confiscated, and... | |
 | Robert Phillimore - International law - 1857 - 660 pages
...become law, r^jo-i would be violated, that sense of justice and of right which is ac- L -* knowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged,...generally confiscated and private rights annulled. That this being the modern rule, even in cases of conquest, is yet more applicable to the case of an... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 676 pages
...The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated, and that sense of justice and right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole...generally confiscated and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance ; their relation to their sovereign is dissolved ; bat their relations... | |
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It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign, and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated,... 
