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Page 587
... practice . Governments have issued proclamations listing the items they would seize , and these differed from country to coun- try and from war to war . From 1908 to 1909 , however , 10 naval pow- ers met in London to draw up an agreed ...
... practice . Governments have issued proclamations listing the items they would seize , and these differed from country to coun- try and from war to war . From 1908 to 1909 , however , 10 naval pow- ers met in London to draw up an agreed ...
Page 676
... practice than of defined authority . The decisions of such a council were obviously more binding than were those of earlier provincial councils because the emperor made them effective in secular law . It was not at first evident , how ...
... practice than of defined authority . The decisions of such a council were obviously more binding than were those of earlier provincial councils because the emperor made them effective in secular law . It was not at first evident , how ...
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... practiced peaceably and continuously from time im- memorial - in practice , as long as living testi- mony can recall ; ( 2 ) is reasonable , certain , and obligatory ; and ( 3 ) is confined to a specific locality . With the cultural ...
... practiced peaceably and continuously from time im- memorial - in practice , as long as living testi- mony can recall ; ( 2 ) is reasonable , certain , and obligatory ; and ( 3 ) is confined to a specific locality . With the cultural ...
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