A Treatise on Maritime Law: Including the Law of Shipping; the Law of Marine Insurance; and the Law and Practice of Admiralty, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1859 - Admiralty |
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... taken away . To speak only of the dead , and of two only of them . In 1756 , Mansfield took his place upon the bench of England . Then , her commercial jurisprudence began to acquire form and regu- larity . He had the sagacity to see ...
... taken away . To speak only of the dead , and of two only of them . In 1756 , Mansfield took his place upon the bench of England . Then , her commercial jurisprudence began to acquire form and regu- larity . He had the sagacity to see ...
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... taken out an enrolment and license , was not an American ship within the purview of this act . The contrary was decided by Judge Betts . He held that the ownership of the vessel might be proved in the same manner as that of any other ...
... taken out an enrolment and license , was not an American ship within the purview of this act . The contrary was decided by Judge Betts . He held that the ownership of the vessel might be proved in the same manner as that of any other ...
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... taken by the owner as to the ownership respects only the legal title , so far as concerns citizens of this country ; the disclosure of any equitable interests vested in our citizens is not required ; but only a denial that any subject ...
... taken by the owner as to the ownership respects only the legal title , so far as concerns citizens of this country ; the disclosure of any equitable interests vested in our citizens is not required ; but only a denial that any subject ...
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... taken out , or the vessel is no longer entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States . If the sale take place in a district , other than that to which she belongs , a temporary register may be there given , to be exchanged ...
... taken out , or the vessel is no longer entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States . If the sale take place in a district , other than that to which she belongs , a temporary register may be there given , to be exchanged ...
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... taken to procure a register . The interesting question arose , when and by what means the property in a forfeited vessel vested in the United States . And it was held that the United States might elect to proceed against the vessel as ...
... taken to procure a register . The interesting question arose , when and by what means the property in a forfeited vessel vested in the United States . And it was held that the United States might elect to proceed against the vessel as ...
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Page 589 - When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 505 - That all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States, respectively, wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively hereafter enact for the purpose, until further legislative provision shall be made by Congress.
Page 572 - That no person who shall arrive in the United States, from and after the time when this act shall take effect, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, who shall not for the continued term of five years next preceding his admission as aforesaid have resided within the United States [without being at any time during the said five years, out of the territory of the United States].
Page 659 - ... as if one had been employed, and such pilotage shall be paid to the pilot first speaking or offering his services as pilot to such vessel.
Page 615 - ... shall lade the same as freight or baggage on any vessel, without, at the time of such lading giving to the master, clerk, agent, or owner of such vessel receiving the same, a written notice of the true character and value thereof, and having the same entered on the bill of lading therefor, the master and owner of such vessel shall not be liable as carriers thereof...
Page 506 - I have just referred, declares, 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...
Page 611 - ... in the United States, with certified manifests, setting forth the particulars of the cargoes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; designating such merchandise as is entitled to drawback, or to the privilege of being placed in warehouse: and the masters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any port of the United States from any foreign port at which such vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to the laws providing...
Page 603 - SEC. 4600. It shall be the duty of all consular officers to discountenance insubordination by every means in their power and, where the local authorities can be usefully employed for that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions to that end in the most effectual manner.
Page 153 - A ship trading from one port to another has not the means of carrying the goods on land ; and, according to the established course of trade, a delivery on the usual wharf is such a delivery as will discharge the carrier.
Page 615 - No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner.