Commentaries on American Law, المجلد 1O. Halsted, 1832 |
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... decided , as upon a settled rule of the law of nations , that the goods of the enemy found in the country , and all the vessels and car- goes found afloat in our ports , at the commencement of hos- tilities , were liable to seizure and ...
... decided , as upon a settled rule of the law of nations , that the goods of the enemy found in the country , and all the vessels and car- goes found afloat in our ports , at the commencement of hos- tilities , were liable to seizure and ...
الصفحة 65
James Kent. therefore , was admitted to exist as a settled and decided right stricto jure , though at the same time , it was conceded to be the universal practice , to forbear to seize and confis- cate debts and credits . We may ...
James Kent. therefore , was admitted to exist as a settled and decided right stricto jure , though at the same time , it was conceded to be the universal practice , to forbear to seize and confis- cate debts and credits . We may ...
الصفحة 67
... decided frequently by the Congress of the United States during the revolutionary war , and again by the Supreme Court of the United States during the course of the last war ; and it is difficult to con- ceive of a point of doctrine more ...
... decided frequently by the Congress of the United States during the revolutionary war , and again by the Supreme Court of the United States during the course of the last war ; and it is difficult to con- ceive of a point of doctrine more ...
الصفحة 68
... decided in the Supreme Court of New - York , and afterwards affirmed on error . This strict rule has been carried so far in the British ad- miralty , as to prohibit a remittance of supplies even to a Bri- tish colony , during its ...
... decided in the Supreme Court of New - York , and afterwards affirmed on error . This strict rule has been carried so far in the British ad- miralty , as to prohibit a remittance of supplies even to a Bri- tish colony , during its ...
الصفحة 78
... decided , that an American consul general in Scotland , committing his whole duty to vice - consuls , was deemed to have lost his neutral character by engaging in trade in France ; and it is well settled , that if a foreign consul car ...
... decided , that an American consul general in Scotland , committing his whole duty to vice - consuls , was deemed to have lost his neutral character by engaging in trade in France ; and it is well settled , that if a foreign consul car ...
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الصفحة 451 - So, if a law be in opposition to the Constitution, if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution, or conformably to the Constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
الصفحة 235 - Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require...
الصفحة 370 - ... saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it...
الصفحة 358 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
الصفحة 387 - Whenever the terms in which a power is granted to congress, or the nature of the power, require that it should be exercised exclusively by congress, the subject is as completely taken from the state legislatures as if they had been expressly forbidden to act on it.
الصفحة 451 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
الصفحة 299 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
الصفحة 139 - I take the modern established rule to be this, that generally they are not contraband, but may become so under circumstances arising out of the particular situation of the war, or the condition of the parties engaged in it.
الصفحة 469 - The Common Law includes those principles, usages, and rules of action applicable to the government and security of person and property which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.
الصفحة 407 - An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed.