Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, 8. köide;12. köidePublished for John Conrad and Company, 1816 |
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Page 128
... executive may seize and the Courts condemn all pro- perty which , according to the modern law of nations , is subject to confiscation , although it might require an act of the legislature to justify the condemnation of that property ...
... executive may seize and the Courts condemn all pro- perty which , according to the modern law of nations , is subject to confiscation , although it might require an act of the legislature to justify the condemnation of that property ...
Page 129
... executive or judiciary . It appears to the Court , that the power of confisca- ting enemy property is in the legislature , and that the legislature has not yet declared its will to confiscate pro- perty which was within our territory at ...
... executive or judiciary . It appears to the Court , that the power of confisca- ting enemy property is in the legislature , and that the legislature has not yet declared its will to confiscate pro- perty which was within our territory at ...
Page 145
... executive may authorize the capture of all enemies ' property , wherever , by the law of nations , it may be lawfully seized . In cases where no grant is made by congress , all such captures , made under the authority of the executive ...
... executive may authorize the capture of all enemies ' property , wherever , by the law of nations , it may be lawfully seized . In cases where no grant is made by congress , all such captures , made under the authority of the executive ...
Page 146
... executive may lawfully autho- rize proceedings to enforce the confiscation of the same property before the proper tribunals of the United States . The district attorney is , for this purpose , the proper agent of the executive and of ...
... executive may lawfully autho- rize proceedings to enforce the confiscation of the same property before the proper tribunals of the United States . The district attorney is , for this purpose , the proper agent of the executive and of ...
Page 147
... executive , I ad- mit that the executive cannot lawfully transcend that limit ; but if no such limit exist , the war may be car- ried on according to the principles of the modern law of nations , and enforced when , and where , and on ...
... executive , I ad- mit that the executive cannot lawfully transcend that limit ; but if no such limit exist , the war may be car- ried on according to the principles of the modern law of nations , and enforced when , and where , and on ...
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