Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the First Circuit ...: Containing the Cases Determined in the Districts of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode-IslandWells and Lilly, 1815 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... enemy or friend depends upon the domicil of the party . A shipment made to Canada by a British subject domiciled in ... enemy , be protected by the neutrality of the shipper . In order to entitle to salvage , as upon a recapture or ...
... enemy or friend depends upon the domicil of the party . A shipment made to Canada by a British subject domiciled in ... enemy , be protected by the neutrality of the shipper . In order to entitle to salvage , as upon a recapture or ...
Page 280
... enemy's ship . It is true , that by the treaty , goods , & c . are not to be confiscated . But in this case , no process of confiscation is necessary . The captors are entitled to salvage , if the rum is restored . Had it gone to Canada ...
... enemy's ship . It is true , that by the treaty , goods , & c . are not to be confiscated . But in this case , no process of confiscation is necessary . The captors are entitled to salvage , if the rum is restored . Had it gone to Canada ...
Page 285
... enemy's country , although he be a neutral subject , is af- fected with the hostile character . It is quite immaterial in this view , what was the original or acquired allegiance of Mr. Cullen . A native American citizen is just as much ...
... enemy's country , although he be a neutral subject , is af- fected with the hostile character . It is quite immaterial in this view , what was the original or acquired allegiance of Mr. Cullen . A native American citizen is just as much ...
Page 288
... enemy , have assumed neutral or even enemy's colors . It is a stratagem , which if practised in peace , to the injury of a foreign nation , no other thinks itself bound to redress ; and if , on the eve of a war , to elude the enemy , it ...
... enemy , have assumed neutral or even enemy's colors . It is a stratagem , which if practised in peace , to the injury of a foreign nation , no other thinks itself bound to redress ; and if , on the eve of a war , to elude the enemy , it ...
Page 289
... enemy ; and according also to British doctrines , a participation in the coasting or colonial trade of the enemy . Te these doc- trines , as to the colonial and coasting trade , I am not called upon to give any assent , and I by no ...
... enemy ; and according also to British doctrines , a participation in the coasting or colonial trade of the enemy . Te these doc- trines , as to the colonial and coasting trade , I am not called upon to give any assent , and I by no ...
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Page 377 - 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 248 - THE offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there ". But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy also: as by statute 11 & 12 W.
Page 300 - ... places every individual of the respective governments, as well as the governments themselves, in a state of hostility...
Page 6 - And upon a like process, may final judgments and decrees in civil actions, and suits in equity in a circuit court, brought there by original process, or removed there from...
Page 432 - ... a written description of his invention, and of the manner of using, or process of compounding the same, in such full, clear, and exact terms, as to distinguish the same from all other things before known, and to enable any person skilled in the art or science of which it is a branch, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, compound, and use the same.
Page 433 - And in the case of any machine, he shall fully explain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle or character, by which it may be distinguished from other inventions...
Page 180 - ... an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States...
Page 7 - ... cases of equity, of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, and of prize or no prize...
Page 36 - ... but the judgment shall remain good and sufficient in law, and may be satisfied out of any estate which may then or at any time afterwards belong to the debtor.
Page 597 - I lay it down as a fundamental proposition, that, strictly speaking, in war all intercourse between the subjects and citizens of the belligerent countries is illegal, unless sanctioned by the authority of the government, or in the exercise of the rights of humanity.