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... considered at the final hearing , when it appeared from the testi- mony that up to the close of 1861 , or the beginning of 1862 , Levois had been in partnership with one Paul Vidal , also a French subject , residing in New Orleans ...
... considered at the final hearing , when it appeared from the testi- mony that up to the close of 1861 , or the beginning of 1862 , Levois had been in partnership with one Paul Vidal , also a French subject , residing in New Orleans ...
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... considered as a foreigner of some other nation than Great Britain . ( App . Rep . Brit . Comm . Natln . , 1869 , p . 76 ; Foreign Office Circular , 8 January , 1851 ; Cockburn on Nationality , pp . 115 , 116 ; United States For . Rel ...
... considered as a foreigner of some other nation than Great Britain . ( App . Rep . Brit . Comm . Natln . , 1869 , p . 76 ; Foreign Office Circular , 8 January , 1851 ; Cockburn on Nationality , pp . 115 , 116 ; United States For . Rel ...
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... considered by the court , and no relief can be given counsel on that account . Again counsel moved for an allowance under this section , stating that he had been employed by the attorney for the claimant to argue the cause and had ...
... considered by the court , and no relief can be given counsel on that account . Again counsel moved for an allowance under this section , stating that he had been employed by the attorney for the claimant to argue the cause and had ...
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... considered by either government , or at the tribunal of Geneva ? Or was it intended to include only such claims or classes of claims that had been presented and considered , or had some known character or classi- fication ? In order to ...
... considered by either government , or at the tribunal of Geneva ? Or was it intended to include only such claims or classes of claims that had been presented and considered , or had some known character or classi- fication ? In order to ...
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... considered or dis- cussed before or at the time of the final award by the Tribunal of Arbi- tration . It is conceded that these claims were not presented to or con- sidered by that tribunal . Now , if this is true that no such class of ...
... considered or dis- cussed before or at the time of the final award by the Tribunal of Arbi- tration . It is conceded that these claims were not presented to or con- sidered by that tribunal . Now , if this is true that no such class of ...
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Page 141 - ... carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 144 - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 144 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 115 - The Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Commercial Agents shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities...
Page 211 - It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains, and, consequently, can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations as understood in this country.
Page 139 - Now, in order to remove and adjust all complaints and claims on the part of the United States, and to provide for the speedy settlement of such claims, which are not admitted by Her Britannic Majesty's Government, the high contracting parties agree that all the said claims growing out of acts committed by the aforesaid vessels, and generically known as the Alabama claims...
Page 140 - If in the case submitted to the Arbitrators either party shall have specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing a copy, such party shall be bound, if the other party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that party with a copy thereof; and either party may call upon the other, through the Arbitrators, to produce the originals or certified copies of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance notice thereof within thirty days after...
Page 145 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 140 - The written or printed case of each of the two Parties, accompanied by the documents, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered in duplicate to each of the Arbitrators and to the Agent of the other Party as soon as may be after the organization of the tribunal, but within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty.
Page 139 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either of the said Arbitrators, or in the event of either of the said arbitrators omitting; or declining or ceasing to act as such, the President of the United States, or Her Britannic Majesty, or His Majesty the King...