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" Resolved: That a ship or a vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, is, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State to which her flag belongs ; as much so as if constituting a part of its... "
Congressional Serial Set - Page 498
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1901
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Public Documents.The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty ...

The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. - 1840 - 1154 pages
...Enterprise under those circumstances. MARCH 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be primed. Resolved, That a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of...much so, as if constituting a part of its own domain. Resolved, That if such ship or vessel should be forced by stress of weather, or other unavoidable cause,...
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Argument of John Quincy Adams, Before the Supreme Court of the United States ...

John Quincy Adams - 1841 - 140 pages
...application to this case, 'Lieut. Gedney had no right to seize the vessel at all. The resolution declares that-*" A ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful commerce, is, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State to which...
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Parliamentary Papers, Volume 59

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1843 - 654 pages
...in the session of 1840, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " Resolved, — That a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of...much so as if constituting a part of its own domain. power, she and her cargo, and persons on board, with their property and all the rights belonging to...
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Life of John C. Calhoun: Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events ...

John Caldwell Calhoun - 1843 - 642 pages
...embraced in the first and second of these resolutions. The former affirms the acknowledged principle that a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, and engaged in a lawful voyage, is, by the law of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the...
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Life of John C. Calhoun: Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events ...

John Caldwell Calhoun - 1843 - 642 pages
...embraced in the first and second of these resolutions. The former affirms the acknowledged principle that a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, and engaged in a lawful voyage, is, by the law of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the...
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Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - 1851 - 340 pages
...in their judgment, this vessel and cargo, being "rescued out of the hands of pirates and robbers en the high seas," and carried into a port of the United...domain;" and that, according to the same laws, the ship's papers, exemplified in proper form according to the laws of the nation to which she belongs, are held...
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The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun

John Stilwell Jenkins - 1851 - 544 pages
...his speech, that a ship or a vessel on the high in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, was, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belonged, — as much so as if constituting a part of its own domain ; that if such ship or vessel...
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1

James Kent - 1851 - 706 pages
...law of mil ions, that a vessel on the hurh seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, was under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belongs ; and that if forced by necessity into a port of a friendly power, she loses none of the rights appertaining...
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Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - 1852 - 762 pages
...should have been there, pursuant to the terms of the treaty, "delivered into the custody of the officeis of that port, in order to be taken care of, and restored...;" and that, according to the same laws, the ship's papers, exemplified in proper ionu according to the laws of the nation to which she belongs, are held...
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A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Superior Court of the ..., Volume 2

William Davison Hennen - 1852 - 902 pages
...far as applicable, to persons engaged in the navigation of our rivers and along our coasts. Ib. 10. A vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belongs ; as much so, as if constituting...
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