Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. February Term, 1816[-January Term, 1827], Volume 3R. Donaldson, 1816 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... construction of law , is guilty of the trespass and ejectment above mentioned , then the said jurors say upon their oath , that the last aforesaid George Clarke is guilty of the trespass and ejectment in the said declaration of the said ...
... construction of law , is guilty of the trespass and ejectment above mentioned , then the said jurors say upon their oath , that the last aforesaid George Clarke is guilty of the trespass and ejectment in the said declaration of the said ...
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... construction , the words " agreeably to the provisions heretofore established by law , " may and ought to be referred to the rate of salvage fixed by the act of 1800 , and not to the provisions of that act generally . In support of this ...
... construction , the words " agreeably to the provisions heretofore established by law , " may and ought to be referred to the rate of salvage fixed by the act of 1800 , and not to the provisions of that act generally . In support of this ...
Page 88
... , and declared will of the legislature . We must interpret , therefore , this clause of the prize act by the general rules of construction applicable to all statutes ; and in this view we are of 28 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
... , and declared will of the legislature . We must interpret , therefore , this clause of the prize act by the general rules of construction applicable to all statutes ; and in this view we are of 28 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
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... construction upon the import of a few detached terms . It proceeds to declare that the recaptured property shall be restored to the lawful owners upon payment of a reasonable salvage , " ac- cording to the nature of each case ...
... construction upon the import of a few detached terms . It proceeds to declare that the recaptured property shall be restored to the lawful owners upon payment of a reasonable salvage , " ac- cording to the nature of each case ...
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... construction . The salvage act of 1800 declares , upon the recapture of neutral property the rule of reciprocity shall prevail . If the neutral would in the like case restore on salvage , then the American courts are to restore on the ...
... construction . The salvage act of 1800 declares , upon the recapture of neutral property the rule of reciprocity shall prevail . If the neutral would in the like case restore on salvage , then the American courts are to restore on the ...
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admiralty admitted aforesaid alleged American Eagle armed Atalanta authority Barker barratry belligerent Bevans bill of lading blockade British capture cargo cause circuit court claim claimant committed common law condemnation consignee court of equity Cranch damages David Gelston declaration decree defendant demnation district court dollars Eaton endorsement enemy entitled equity evidence fact farther proof foreign forfeiture freight Gelston and Peter George Clarke grant Havanna high seas hogsheads hopperboy improvement invention inventor Jacob Barker John Taber judge judgment jurisdiction jury Justice land Lanusse letter libel Lord machine ment nations neutral New-York offence Oliver Evans opinion owners party patent person plaintiff plaintiff in error plea port Portugal possession principle prize provisions question recaptured robbery salvage schaft seized seizure sentence ship or vessel statute supercargo surety Tennessee thereof tion treaty United voyage writ of error
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Page 610 - ... of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this Realm, to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use...
Page 309 - ... to make rules for the government of the land and naval forces...
Page 336 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas...
Page 621 - And in the case of any machine, he shall fully explain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle or character, by which it may be distinguished from other inventions...
Page 346 - Large, 1 12,) provides in its third section, " that if any person or persons shall within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other place or district of country under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Page 181 - 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.
Page 573 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Page 264 - ... of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially...
Page 581 - State, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may first be brought.
Page 580 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...