Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit, Volume 5 |
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... principle of international law , which is , that , in a state of war existing be- tween two nations , either may commission private armed ves- sels to carry on war against the enemy on the high seas , and the commission will afford ...
... principle of international law , which is , that , in a state of war existing be- tween two nations , either may commission private armed ves- sels to carry on war against the enemy on the high seas , and the commission will afford ...
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... principle , it has been in- sisted , by the learned counsel for the prisoners , that the com- mission of the Confederate States , by its President , Davis , to the master and crew of the Savannah , which has been given in evidence ...
... principle , it has been in- sisted , by the learned counsel for the prisoners , that the com- mission of the Confederate States , by its President , Davis , to the master and crew of the Savannah , which has been given in evidence ...
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... principles involved , but to the Government and the prisoners at the bar . It has been argued with a research and an ability in proportion to its magnitude , in behalf of both the prisoners and the Government ; and we do not doubt that ...
... principles involved , but to the Government and the prisoners at the bar . It has been argued with a research and an ability in proportion to its magnitude , in behalf of both the prisoners and the Government ; and we do not doubt that ...
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... principles of law applicable to that subject , it is a sufficient answer to the exception taken in this case , that the charge on this point , taken in connection with the facts in evidence to which it was to be applied , clearly ...
... principles of law applicable to that subject , it is a sufficient answer to the exception taken in this case , that the charge on this point , taken in connection with the facts in evidence to which it was to be applied , clearly ...
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... principles of pleading and evidence , the name of the principal should be given . There can be no legal proof of agency which does not show that the agent has a principal ; and , as the name of that principal must be known to the agent ...
... principles of pleading and evidence , the name of the principal should be given . There can be no legal proof of agency which does not show that the agent has a principal ; and , as the name of that principal must be known to the agent ...
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Page 6 - ... the trial of crimes committed on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may first be brought.
Page 108 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 415 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 578 - That suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, in any case where plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law.
Page viii - ... if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are chargeable there shall be levied on such non-enumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest rate of duty...
Page 70 - Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: WILLIAM H SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Page 279 - Whereas, the party of the first part is the proprietor of the 'Household Edition' of the Works of Charles Dickens, heretofore published by WA Townsend & Co.
Page 559 - ... false entry in any book, report, or statement of the association, with intent, in either case, to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of...
Page 49 - Said circuit courts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts of the same district of all suits at law or in equity which may or shall be brought by the assignee in bankruptcy against any person claiming an adverse interest, or by such person against such assignee, touching any property or rights of property of said bankrupt transferable to or vested in such assignee...
Page 477 - It is not enough that there is a remedy at law. It must be plain and adequate, or, In other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as the remedy in equity.