| Branwen Gruffydd Jones - Political Science - 2006 - 292 pages
...do more than displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country."4 The Court further noted, The modern usage of nations, which has become law,...generally confiscated and private rights annulled — If this be the modern rule even in cases of conquest, who can discount its application to the case... | |
| Jon M. Van Dyke - History - 2007 - 506 pages
...Marshall's decision in United States v. Percheman, 30 for the proposition that "even in cases of conquest," "[t]he modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated . . . and . . . the whole civilized world would be outraged if private property should be generally... | |
| United States. Dept. of the Interior - 1869 - 1256 pages
...unusual 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,...generally confiscated and private rights annulled, on a change in the sovereignty of the country. By the Florida treaty, the people change their allegiance—... | |
| United States - 1881 - 790 pages
...nunsnal 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,...world, would be outraged if private property should he generally confiscated, and private rights annulled, on a change in the sovereignty of the country... | |
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