The American Law Journal, Volumen6W. P. Farrand and Company, 1817 |
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... answer to the libel and claim of Messrs . Hill and M'Cobb ; and alleged among other things , that the ship Mount Hope , was lawfully captured by said ship L'Invincible , on account of having a British license on board , and of other ...
... answer to the libel and claim of Messrs . Hill and M'Cobb ; and alleged among other things , that the ship Mount Hope , was lawfully captured by said ship L'Invincible , on account of having a British license on board , and of other ...
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... answering , upon the ground , that he was not compelled to answer any question , the answer to which would subject him to any penalty , forfeiture or punishment ; and this refusal the District Court , on application , allowed . Hill , in ...
... answering , upon the ground , that he was not compelled to answer any question , the answer to which would subject him to any penalty , forfeiture or punishment ; and this refusal the District Court , on application , allowed . Hill , in ...
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... answer ex delicto . But it affords such remedies only , where the tort is a mere ma- ritime trespass , and not where it involves directly the question of prize . No case has been produced at the argument , where a neutral tribunal has ...
... answer ex delicto . But it affords such remedies only , where the tort is a mere ma- ritime trespass , and not where it involves directly the question of prize . No case has been produced at the argument , where a neutral tribunal has ...
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... answered , that the peace which put an end to the American war , ought to be con- sidered as putting an end to all the consequences that might be imputed to the Americans , by reason of their rebellion ; and , in- deed , there is in the ...
... answered , that the peace which put an end to the American war , ought to be con- sidered as putting an end to all the consequences that might be imputed to the Americans , by reason of their rebellion ; and , in- deed , there is in the ...
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... answer is , that it would not have been so well worded , if the present possessor had not been named ; and if he had not been named , as well as the heirs , it might have been construed into an impli cation , that he was to be excluded ...
... answer is , that it would not have been so well worded , if the present possessor had not been named ; and if he had not been named , as well as the heirs , it might have been construed into an impli cation , that he was to be excluded ...
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Página 397 - 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 ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 422 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the !States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose...
Página 487 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of twelve men of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty...
Página 29 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty, or property...
Página 397 - 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...
Página 438 - 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...
Página 32 - Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States ; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, proprietary and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Página 118 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 487 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means...
Página 333 - But no other error shall be assigned or regarded as a ground of reversal in any such case as aforesaid, than such as appears on the face of the record, and immediately respects the before mentioned questions of validity or construction of the said constitution, treaties, statutes, commissions, or authorities in dispute.