The American Law Journal

EXONERETUR cannot be entered by a judge of the Circuit

Court, at his chambers

EXPATRIATION. No man can expatriate himself without the

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461

consent of his government

FORFEITURE, under the Embargo. See Acts of Congress.

HIGHWAYS, the use of, belongs to the publick, but the
right of soil remains in the individual

535

HITCHEN D. WILSON, reported

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276

JONES v. SMITH reported

JURISDICTION. The Circuit Court of the United States

cannot grant a writ of injunction in a case
where the parties are citizens of the same

state

Of the Examining Court in Virginia

A Circuit Court of the United States cannot en-
tertain an action of quare clausum fregit,
where the trespass was committed in a different
district

The jurisdiction of the courts of the United
States depends exclusively on the constitution
and laws of the United States

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A ship of war belonging to a friendly power,
having entered our ports, is exempt from the
jurisdiction of our courts as long as she de-
means herself in a friendly manner

INDENTURE

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Silva, an infant slave in the island of Cuba,
being brought to Philadelphia and manumit-
ted, on the same day executed an indenture,
binding herself until the age of 28, in conside-
ration of meat and clothing-held to be void

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ILLEGITIMATE. Whether the lawful issue of a bastard can

inherit property devised to his father by his
grand father

457

INSTRUCTIONS. Resolutions of the legislature of Virginia,

on the right of that body to give instructions

to the members of the Senate of the U. S.

LEIGH'S MR. resolutions in the Virginia legislature, on the
right of instructing senators of the U. S.

LIVINGSTON et al. v. VAN INGEN et al., reported

v. Jefferson

LOCATION. See Ejectment.

See Evidence.

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623

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571

56, 169

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LIBEL.

LIEN. Where cordage and other materials are furnished,
at the instance of the owner, to a vessel not on
a voyage, but lying within the body of a coun-
ty, no lien on the vessel is created, so as to af-
fect her, in the hands of a bona fide purchaser,
without notice

LICENSES, British, cases under

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473, 485, 505

NON-IMPORTATION. See Acts of Congress.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL, cases arising under the
ORION, case of the, reported

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505

PATENT-RIGHT. The acts of Congress respecting patent-
rights, and the regulation of commerce, do not
deprive a state of the power to grant exclusive
privileges for the navigation of her own waters 169

PEOPLE THE V. FERRIS

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PENNSYLVANIA, Debates in the convention of, on the consti-

RECORDS, how to be authenticated, according to the laws of

RECAPTURES. Provisions of the Consolato del Mare, on

TRESPASS, Action for, not barred by action for mesne profits 126

VINCENT U. CONRAD reported

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WARRANTY, The doctrine of, discussed. Mr. Martin's opinion 129

In the sale of a horse, exemplified

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WAGES SEAMENS'. Where a vessel had been captured and
condemned, but restored to the claimants, on
a compromise, full wages decreed

So, where a vessel was sent in for adjudication,
but released upon appeal, full wages were de-
creed, including the time of detention
The representatives of deceased seamen are only
entitled to wages to the time of the demise

WILLIAMS'S CASE.-Mr. Martin's opinion

WOODRUFF D. SHIP Dearborn case of, reported

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129

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WILKINSON GEN. The attorney general's opinion, on his

accounts

ZODIACK, Judgment in the case of the