A Treatise on the Laws of Commerce and Manufactures, and the Contracts Relating Thereto: With an Appendix of Treaties, Statutes, and Precedents, Volume 1A. Strahan, 1824 - Commercial law |
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... limit her own commerce , and consequences of infraction ; the right to refuse free passage by land or water , or limit the same , and of the dominion of the seas ; the British Seas and conse- quent rights , and the modification of these ...
... limit her own commerce , and consequences of infraction ; the right to refuse free passage by land or water , or limit the same , and of the dominion of the seas ; the British Seas and conse- quent rights , and the modification of these ...
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... limits to their hostility in war ( 1 ) . This law is naturally founded on the prin- ciple that the different nations ought to do to each other , in time of peace , as much good , and in time of war as little harm , as may be possible ...
... limits to their hostility in war ( 1 ) . This law is naturally founded on the prin- ciple that the different nations ought to do to each other , in time of peace , as much good , and in time of war as little harm , as may be possible ...
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... limits of the charter granted to the East India Company , for Great Britain , shall not be under the British government , then the British consul resident at such port is to demand from the cap- tain his manifest , and to require him to ...
... limits of the charter granted to the East India Company , for Great Britain , shall not be under the British government , then the British consul resident at such port is to demand from the cap- tain his manifest , and to require him to ...
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... limits . It appears , in- deed , that the right of making denizens is not exclusively vested in the king ; for it may be by parliament ; but in point of fact , it is scarcely ever exercised by any but the royal power . Deni- zation ...
... limits . It appears , in- deed , that the right of making denizens is not exclusively vested in the king ; for it may be by parliament ; but in point of fact , it is scarcely ever exercised by any but the royal power . Deni- zation ...
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... limits Great Britain with Europe . of this work render it advisable not to notice them . tions of these Some of the clauses in the prohibitory acts we have just con- Usages qualify- sidered being rather loosely worded , it appears that ...
... limits Great Britain with Europe . of this work render it advisable not to notice them . tions of these Some of the clauses in the prohibitory acts we have just con- Usages qualify- sidered being rather loosely worded , it appears that ...
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Page 5 - But it is only for the sake of profit that any man employs a capital in the support of industry ; and he will always, therefore, endeavour to employ it in the support of that industry of which the produce is likely to be of the greatest value, or to exchange for the greatest quantity either of money or of other goods.
Page 54 - It shall be free for each of the two contracting parties to appoint consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions and territories of the other party; but before any consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved...
Page 5 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Page 32 - And those acts of parliament, which have from time to time been made to enforce this universal law, or to facilitate the execution of its decisions, are not to be considered as introductive of any new rule, but merely as declaratory of the old fundamental constitutions of the kingdom : without which it must cease to be a part of the civilized world.
Page 460 - State, and is justly to be considered in that character; nor let it be supposed that it Is an act of light and casual importance. The consequence of such a service is indefinite, infinitely beyond the effect of any contraband that can be conveyed. The carrying of two or three cargoes of stores...
Page 638 - Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation and the condition of an infant colony; such, for instance, as the general rules of inheritance and of protection from personal injuries. The artificial refinements and distinctions incident to the property of a great and commercial people...
Page 461 - The neutral country," he said, " ha» a right to preserve its relations with the enemy, and you are not at liberty to conclude that any communication between them can partake, in any degree, of the nature of hostility against you.
Page 8 - The capital which is employed in purchasing in one part of the country in order to sell in another, the produce of the industry of that country generally replaces by every such operation two distinct capitals that had both been employed in the agriculture or manufactures of that country, and thereby enables them to continue that employment.
Page 129 - Natural allegiance is therefore a debt of gratitude, which cannot be forfeited, cancelled, or altered, by any change of time, place, or circumstance, nor by any thing but the united concurrence of the legislature.
Page 133 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.