I have referred to them, show that enlightened nations, in modern times, do clearly hold that the jurisdiction and laws of a nation accompany her ships not only over the high seas, but into ports and harbors, or wheresoever else they may be water-borne,... Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Page 2571845Full view - About this book
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...high seas, but into ports and harbors, or wheresoever else they may be water-borne, for the general purpose of governing and regulating the rights, duties,...considered as parts of the territory of the nation herself. If a vessel be driven by weather into the ports of another nation, it would hardly be alleged by any... | |
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