Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1Butterworth, 1871 - International law |
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Page 159
... jurisdiction . In all the other cases before mentioned , the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction , both as to law and fact , with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make " ( j ) . ART . IV ...
... jurisdiction . In all the other cases before mentioned , the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction , both as to law and fact , with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make " ( j ) . ART . IV ...
Page 193
... an ancient exercise of executive jurisdiction , founded presumptively on an admission of " prior settlement , or of subsequent cession . One hardly ❝events . 66 66 VOL . I. t 66 " sees a third species of evidence , unless RIVERS . 193.
... an ancient exercise of executive jurisdiction , founded presumptively on an admission of " prior settlement , or of subsequent cession . One hardly ❝events . 66 66 VOL . I. t 66 " sees a third species of evidence , unless RIVERS . 193.
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... jurisdiction over the ocean by being confined to what are called the narrow or adjacent seas , they not being ( it is con- tended ) , like the ocean , the great highway of the nation . It is further distinguished from the case of the ...
... jurisdiction over the ocean by being confined to what are called the narrow or adjacent seas , they not being ( it is con- tended ) , like the ocean , the great highway of the nation . It is further distinguished from the case of the ...
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Sir Robert Phillimore. jurisdiction , not merely over the British Channel extending from the island of Quessant to the Pas de Calais , but over the four seas which surround her coasts ( b ) . Nor was this only while the Duchy of Normandy ...
Sir Robert Phillimore. jurisdiction , not merely over the British Channel extending from the island of Quessant to the Pas de Calais , but over the four seas which surround her coasts ( b ) . Nor was this only while the Duchy of Normandy ...
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... jurisdiction may be extended . But the rule of law may be now considered as fairly established- namely , that this absolute property and jurisdiction does not extend , unless by the specific provisions of a Treaty ( b ) or an ...
... jurisdiction may be extended . But the rule of law may be now considered as fairly established- namely , that this absolute property and jurisdiction does not extend , unless by the specific provisions of a Treaty ( b ) or an ...
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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.
Page 17 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
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.
Page 230 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 230 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
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...