 | Stuart Banner - 2007 - 408 lehte
...occupancy only," Barclay reminded Douglas, quoting a recent report of a committee of the House of Commons. "They cannot grant to individuals, not of their own...have not themselves any individual property in it." Only the government had the power to purchase land from indigenous people. This principle had been... | |
 | 1844 - 536 lehte
...of any country have but a qualified dominion over it, or a right of occupancy only ; and that untH they establish amongst themselves a settled form of...have not themselves any individual property in it Secondly, that if a settlement be made in any such country by a civilised power, the right of pre-emption... | |
 | 2001 - 538 lehte
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 | 1870 - 588 lehte
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The first is, that the uncivilized inhabitants of any country have but a qualified dominion over it, or a right of occupancy only ; and that, until they establish amongst themselves a settled form of government, and subjugate the ground to their own uses,... 
