 | English literature - 1812 - 1020 pages
...sailing unto it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against sn enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British...jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situaáon where no laws can operate but the law »* nations, and the laws of the country to »hrch... | |
 | United States - 1811 - 676 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; notinthe exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy,...subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vcsseh'in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - United States - 1812 - 34 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations, against an enemy,...of the country to which the vessels belong : and a self redress is assumed, which if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1812 - 446 pages
...it, not in " the exercise of a belligerent right, found" ed on the law of nations against an ene" my, but of a municipal prerogative over " British subjects....jurisdiction is " thus extended to neutral vessels in a si" tuation where no laws csn operate but " the law of nations and the laws of the " country to which... | |
 | Great Britain - 1812 - 448 pages
...Nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal in. country to which the vessels belong; and a self redress is assumed, which if British subjects were... | |
 | 1813 - 1082 pages
...persons sailing under i<, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the lawofnaiionsag.iinst an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British...thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where Го laws can operate but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong... | |
 | History - 1813 - 818 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in die exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of. nations against an enemy,...municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jarisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the law... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 548 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy,...of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a self redress is assumed, which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1814 - 536 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy,...subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to :ral vessels in a situation where no aws can operate but the law of naions and the laws of the country... | |
 | Gideon Miner Davison, Samuel Williams - United States - 1815 - 126 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against an enemy,...of the country to which the vessels belong : and a self redress is assumed, which, if British subject were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is... | |
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British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against... 
