Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New York: From January Term 1799 to January Term 1803, Both Inclusive: Together with Cases Determined in the Court for the Correction of Errors During that Period, Volume 1Banks, Gould, 1846 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... considered as contraband of war by the gen- eral maritime law of nations ; and when going to a port blockaded , or a place besieged , are liable to confiscation , upon the principle of its being illegal to supply a belligerent power ...
... considered as contraband of war by the gen- eral maritime law of nations ; and when going to a port blockaded , or a place besieged , are liable to confiscation , upon the principle of its being illegal to supply a belligerent power ...
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... considered the objections on the part of the defendant , to rest on these grounds ; 1st . That the concealment of the circumstance that part of the cargo was contraband of war , enhanced the risk and vitiated the policy . 2d . That this ...
... considered the objections on the part of the defendant , to rest on these grounds ; 1st . That the concealment of the circumstance that part of the cargo was contraband of war , enhanced the risk and vitiated the policy . 2d . That this ...
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... considered as such , in cases implicating the interests of the contracting parties , and leaves the general law of nations to its operation in regard to the interception of such articles , on their way to an enemy's port . By the law of ...
... considered as such , in cases implicating the interests of the contracting parties , and leaves the general law of nations to its operation in regard to the interception of such articles , on their way to an enemy's port . By the law of ...
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... considered as tenant from year to year ; but he must be either tenant at will , by force of the statute , or for a period certain , by Van Alen's assent to the lease ; and , of course , according to the authorities cited , was not ...
... considered as tenant from year to year ; but he must be either tenant at will , by force of the statute , or for a period certain , by Van Alen's assent to the lease ; and , of course , according to the authorities cited , was not ...
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... considered . And here it will be observed , by recurring to the motion for a nonsuit , made at the trial , that the defendant's counsel then contended , that Holland was either tenant from year to year , or a disseisor ; and it was not ...
... considered . And here it will be observed , by recurring to the motion for a nonsuit , made at the trial , that the defendant's counsel then contended , that Holland was either tenant from year to year , or a disseisor ; and it was not ...
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Page iv - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
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Page 146 - This evidence was overruled, and a verdict was thereupon taken for the defendants. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, on the ground that the evidence last mentioned ought to have been admitted.
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Page 340 - The only difference between policies of assurance and other instruments in this respect, is, that the greater part of the printed language of them, being invariable and uniform, has acquired, from use and practice, a known and definite meaning, and that the words superadded in writing, subject indeed always to be governed in point of construction by the language and terms with which they are accompanied, are entitled, nevertheless, if there...