Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Second Circuit, Comprising the Districts of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, Volume 1R. Donaldson, 1827 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... construction . LIVINGSTON , J. THE libels in this cause state- That the brig Isabella being a British vessel , and in the port of New - York on the 1st of May , 1808 , and being bound to a foreign port , had then and there notice of the ...
... construction . LIVINGSTON , J. THE libels in this cause state- That the brig Isabella being a British vessel , and in the port of New - York on the 1st of May , 1808 , and being bound to a foreign port , had then and there notice of the ...
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... construction of this section , it is much dimi- nished , if not entirely removed , by a provision we find in ano- ther of the supplementary embargo laws , which passed the 25th of April , 1808 , subjecting to forfeiture vessels of the ...
... construction of this section , it is much dimi- nished , if not entirely removed , by a provision we find in ano- ther of the supplementary embargo laws , which passed the 25th of April , 1808 , subjecting to forfeiture vessels of the ...
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... construction , nothing more is meant than that they shall not , by what may be thought their spirit or equity , be extended to offences other than those which are specially and clearly described and pro- vided for . A Court is not ...
... construction , nothing more is meant than that they shall not , by what may be thought their spirit or equity , be extended to offences other than those which are specially and clearly described and pro- vided for . A Court is not ...
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... construction of the respondents be correct . This section , whatever was intended by it , seems to contain nothing more than a direction to the custom - house officers not to grant clearances in particular cases ; which un- derstanding ...
... construction of the respondents be correct . This section , whatever was intended by it , seems to contain nothing more than a direction to the custom - house officers not to grant clearances in particular cases ; which un- derstanding ...
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... construction is not only the most obvious and natural , but is in conformity with the spirit which appears to pervade the whole judicial system of the United States . It should therefore prevail , unless controlled by other very ...
... construction is not only the most obvious and natural , but is in conformity with the spirit which appears to pervade the whole judicial system of the United States . It should therefore prevail , unless controlled by other very ...
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Page 42 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas...
Page 428 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 58 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void; and form no bar to a recovery sought, even prior to a reversal, in opposition to them.
Page 447 - The several courts vested with jurisdiction of cases arising under the patent laws shall have power to grant injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity...
Page 398 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 700 - ... shall also have exclusive original cognizance of all seizures on .land, or other waters than as aforesaid, made, and of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred, under the laws of the United States.
Page 564 - We receive the construction given by the courts of the nation as the true sense of the law, and feel ourselves no more at liberty to depart from that construction than to depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the construction given by this court to the constitution and laws of the United States is received by all as the true construction ; and on the same principle, the construction given by the courts of the several States to the legislative acts of those States, is received as...
Page 211 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 649 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 13 - Land of New England beginning at a certain place called or known by the name of St Croix next adjoining to New...