The Most Material Parts of Kent's Commentaries Reduced to Questions and Answers: Upon the Plan and in the Place of Kinne's KentBaker, Voorhis & Company, 1868 - 418 páginas |
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... owner at the restora- tion of peace . 18. What is a hostile embargo ? -60 . It is an act of a hostile nature , and amounting to an im- plied declaration of war , though liable to be explained away and annulled by a subsequent ...
... owner at the restora- tion of peace . 18. What is a hostile embargo ? -60 . It is an act of a hostile nature , and amounting to an im- plied declaration of war , though liable to be explained away and annulled by a subsequent ...
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... owner the character of the country ? -74 . So far as the products of the soil are concerned , wherever the local residence of the owner may be . The produce of a hos- tile soil bears a hostile character for the purpose of capture , and ...
... owner the character of the country ? -74 . So far as the products of the soil are concerned , wherever the local residence of the owner may be . The produce of a hos- tile soil bears a hostile character for the purpose of capture , and ...
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... owners of privateers required to give ? -97 . Adequate security that they will conduct the cruise accord- ing to the laws and usages of war , and the instructions of the government , and that they will regard the rights of neutrals ...
... owners of privateers required to give ? -97 . Adequate security that they will conduct the cruise accord- ing to the laws and usages of war , and the instructions of the government , and that they will regard the rights of neutrals ...
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... owners of private armed vessels liable , in damages , for illegal conduct ? -99 . We may consider it to be the settled ... owner is responsible for the entire damages , and not ratably pro rata . 19. What is the law as to taking foreign ...
... owners of private armed vessels liable , in damages , for illegal conduct ? -99 . We may consider it to be the settled ... owner is responsible for the entire damages , and not ratably pro rata . 19. What is the law as to taking foreign ...
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... owner and a neu- tral purchasing from the captor , and between the original owner and a recaptor . 26. What if a captured ship escapes from the captor , or is re- taken , or if the owner ransoms her ? -101 . His , the owner's , property ...
... owner and a neu- tral purchasing from the captor , and between the original owner and a recaptor . 26. What if a captured ship escapes from the captor , or is re- taken , or if the owner ransoms her ? -101 . His , the owner's , property ...
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