Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volumen11;Volumen24Published for John Conrad and Company, 1826 |
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... effect . Pirates may be lawfully captured by the public or private ships of any nation , in peace or in war ; for they are hostes humani generis . American ships offending against our own laws , may be seized upon the ocean , and ...
... effect . Pirates may be lawfully captured by the public or private ships of any nation , in peace or in war ; for they are hostes humani generis . American ships offending against our own laws , may be seized upon the ocean , and ...
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... effects of his great work on his own age , it is now consi- dered as resting more on the authority of the innumerable writers of every age and nation cited by him , than on original principles , or the deductions of reason . The editor ...
... effects of his great work on his own age , it is now consi- dered as resting more on the authority of the innumerable writers of every age and nation cited by him , than on original principles , or the deductions of reason . The editor ...
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... effect would be to impose on vessels of this country the obligation to submit to examination , and the seizures it authorizes must be regarded as strict- ly municipal . The commissioned vessel must , therefore , act on credible ...
... effect would be to impose on vessels of this country the obligation to submit to examination , and the seizures it authorizes must be regarded as strict- ly municipal . The commissioned vessel must , therefore , act on credible ...
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... effect of such instruments depends , not merely on the construction and meaning of the instrument , but upon col- Jateral facts in pais , and extrinsic circumstances , the inferences of fact to be drawn from them are to be left to the ...
... effect of such instruments depends , not merely on the construction and meaning of the instrument , but upon col- Jateral facts in pais , and extrinsic circumstances , the inferences of fact to be drawn from them are to be left to the ...
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... effect to the said arrangement , endorse the said note on which this action is brought , that there was nothing in the evidence so given by the de- fendant , to affect the plaintiff's right of recovery in this action . That , in order ...
... effect to the said arrangement , endorse the said note on which this action is brought , that there was nothing in the evidence so given by the de- fendant , to affect the plaintiff's right of recovery in this action . That , in order ...
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Página 470 - That the district courts of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States...
Página 368 - From this method of interpreting laws by the reason of them, arises what we call equity, which is thus defined by Grotius : "the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient.
Página 475 - 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.
Página 470 - State, or by any judge or justice therein respectively, whereby the person of any ambassador or other public minister of any foreign prince or State, authorized and received as such by the President of the United States...
Página 180 - ... office of discount and deposit of the! bank of the United States within that state, to*be collected, in case of refusal?
Página 29 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Página 43 - This doctrine appears to us novel, and is not supported by any authority. It goes to establish upon the ocean a territorial jurisdiction, like that which is claimed by all nations within cannon-shot of their shores, in virtue of their general sovereignty. But the latter right is founded upon the principle of sovereign and permanent appropriation, and has never been successfully asserted beyond it. Every vessel undoubtedly has a right to the use of so much of the ocean as she occupies, and as is essential...
Página 467 - ORDERED, that the said decree be reversed and annulled, and that the cause be remanded to the Circuit Court, with directions to...
Página 471 - That the district courts shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences that shall be cognizable under the authority of the United States, committed within their respective districts, or upon the high seas; where no other punishment than whipping, not exceeding thirty stripes, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months, is to be inflicted...
Página 119 - CJ, delivered the opinion of the court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: — The appellant contends that this decree is erroneous, because the laws which purport to give the exclusive privilege it sustains are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States. They are said to be repugnant, — 1.