 | The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. - 1840 - 1154 strani
...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,... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1841 - 140 strani
...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1843 - 654 strani
...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... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1843 - 642 strani
...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... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1843 - 642 strani
...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... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1851 - 544 strani
...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... | |
 | James Kent - 1851 - 706 strani
...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... | |
 | William Davison Hennen - 1852 - 902 strani
...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... | |
 | Joshua Reed Giddings - 1853 - 538 strani
...the attempt. That body gravely took into consideration and adopted the following resolutions : " 1. That a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of...— as much so as if constituting a part of its own domains. " 2. That if such a ship or vessel should be forced by stress of weather, or other unavoidable... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1853 - 690 strani
...abolition of the slave trade, 5th sec. 4 cp 113. fi vol. Evan's Statutes. VOL. in.—30 age, is, by the law of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belongs ; and the second, that if forced by stress of weather, or other unavoidable cause, into a port of a... | |
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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... 
