That war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy, wherever found, is conceded. The mitigations of this rigid rule, which the humane and wise policy of modern times has introduced into practice, will... Commentaries on the Law of Nations - Page 128by William Oke Manning - 1839 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 512 pages
...governed by .the _arne rule. Respecting the power of government no doubt is entertained. That war gives t> the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy wherever found, is conceded. The mitigations ol'tliis rigid rule, which the humane and 'wise policy of modern times... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1832 - 590 pages
...the discretion of the sovereign of the nation. When the case was brought up, on appeal, before the Supreme Court of the United States, the broad principle...mitigations of this rigid rule, which the wise and humane policy of modern times had introduced into practice, might, more or less, affect the exercise... | |
| Andrew White Young - Economics - 1839 - 472 pages
...or more tons burthen, within their respective districts, or on the high seas. War gives a nation the right to take the persons, and confiscate the property of the enemy, wheresoever they may be found. ยง 395. Congress shall have power, " To raise and support " armies ;... | |
| John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...friends. 1 Kent, Com. 57. In the United States, the broad principle has been assumed " that war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons and...confiscate the property of the enemy wherever found. The mitigations of this rigid rule, which the policy of modern times has introduced into practice,... | |
| Richard Wildman - International law - 1849 - 662 pages
...appeal before the supreme Court of the United States, the broad principle was assumed, that war gave the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate...mitigations of this rigid rule, which the wise and humane policy of modern times has introduced into practice, may more or less affect the exercise of... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1851 - 706 pages
...States, the broad principle was assumed, that war gave to the sovereign full right to take the persona, and confiscate the property of the enemy wherever...mitigations of this rigid rule, which the wise and humane policy of modern times had introduced into practice, might, more or less, affect the exercise... | |
| Charles Jared Ingersoll - United States - 1852 - 430 pages
...was pronounced by ChiefJustice Marshall, entertaining no doubt of the power of government. War gives the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy, wherever found ; a right not impaired, though mitigated in practice by wise and humane modern policy. Where the sovereign... | |
| Charles Jared Ingersoll - United States - 1852 - 436 pages
...was pronounced by ChiefJustice Marshall, entertaining no doubt of the power of government. War gives the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy, wherever found ; a right not impaired, though mitigated in practice by wise and "lumane modern policy. Where the sovereign... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 702 pages
...governed by the same role. Respecting the power of government no doubt is entertained. That war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons and...confiscate the property of the enemy wherever found, is conceded. The mitigations * of this rigid rule, which the humane and [ * 123 ] wise policy of modern... | |
| Sir Robert Phillimore - International law - 1857 - 666 pages
...decision, declared that no *doubt -I can now be enteftained respecting the right of every Government to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy wherever found ; that the mitigations of this rigid rule, which the humane and wise policy of modern times has introduced... | |
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