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... National character and legal conduct · 112 113 - 119 CHAPTER IX . EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS . SECTION 1. viii CONTENTS .
... National character and legal conduct · 112 113 - 119 CHAPTER IX . EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS . SECTION 1. viii CONTENTS .
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... national char- National cha- acter of a person , for commercial purposes , depends upon his racter de- domicil ... character of the country where he resided . Suppose a man comes into a bellig- erent country at or before the beginning of ...
... national char- National cha- acter of a person , for commercial purposes , depends upon his racter de- domicil ... character of the country where he resided . Suppose a man comes into a bellig- erent country at or before the beginning of ...
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... national character . The question re- ( 3 ) The Ann sults in an inquiry into the intention and conduct of the party . ( 3 ) Green , 1 Gal . 274 . ( 2 ) The Ve- nus , 8 Cranch , 279 . ( 4 ) Tb . A Scotchman coming to the United States in ...
... national character . The question re- ( 3 ) The Ann sults in an inquiry into the intention and conduct of the party . ( 3 ) Green , 1 Gal . 274 . ( 2 ) The Ve- nus , 8 Cranch , 279 . ( 4 ) Tb . A Scotchman coming to the United States in ...
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... national character , if it be his choice to remain in the country of the enemy during war , there can be no harshness - no injustice - in treating him as an enemy . But if , while prosecuting his business in a foreign country , he ...
... national character , if it be his choice to remain in the country of the enemy during war , there can be no harshness - no injustice - in treating him as an enemy . But if , while prosecuting his business in a foreign country , he ...
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... national character , for commercial pur- poses . ( 3 ) ( b ) ( 3 ) Tabbs r . Bendelack , 4 A resident the enemy . A resident in a colony or factory acquires the national char- Esp . 108 . acter of the country to which it belongs . ( 4 ) ...
... national character , for commercial pur- poses . ( 3 ) ( b ) ( 3 ) Tabbs r . Bendelack , 4 A resident the enemy . A resident in a colony or factory acquires the national char- Esp . 108 . acter of the country to which it belongs . ( 4 ) ...
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Page 14 - ... the subject-matter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same words; or unless the context evidently points out...
Page 21 - This is not to be taken in an unqualified latitude, and without some respect had to the time which such a purpose may or shall occupy ; for if the purpose be of a nature that may probably, or does actually, detain the person for a great length of time, I cannot but think that a general residence might grow upon the special purpose. A special purpose may lead a man to a country where it shall detain him the whole of his life. A man comes here to follow a lawsuit; it may happen, and indeed is often...
Page ii - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 144 - That the right of visiting and searching merchant ships upon the high seas, whatever be the ships, whatever be the cargoes, whatever be the destinations, is an incontestable right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of a belligerent nation.
Page 14 - ... as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense, distinct from the popular sense of the same words ; or unless the context evidently points out that they must in the particular instance, and in order to effectuate the immediate intention of the parties to that contract, be understood in some other special and peculiar sense.
Page 144 - This right is so clear in principle, that no man can deny it who admits the legality of maritime capture; because if you are not at liberty to ascertain by sufficient inquiry whether there is property that can legally be captured, it is impossible to capture. Even those who contend for the inadmissible rule that free ships make free goods, must admit the exercise of this right at least for the purpose of ascertaining whether the ships are free ships or not The right is equally clear in practice,...
Page 5 - Without ascribing to this body, which in its corporate capacity is the mere creature of the act to which it owes its existence, all the qualities and disabilities annexed by the common law to ancient institutions of this sort, it may correctly be said to be precisely what the incorporating act has made it ; to derive all its powers from that act, and to be capable of exerting its faculties only in the manner which that act authorizes.
Page 60 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 282 - Takings at Sea, Arrests, Restraints and Detainments of all Kings, Princes, and People, of what Nation, Condition, or Quality soever, Barratry of the Master and Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...
Page 233 - Law, we are certainly warranted in pronouncing, that a fraudulent breach of duty by the master in respect to his owners ; or, in other words, a breach of duty, in respect to his owners, with a criminal intent, or ex maleficio, is barratry.