 If those departments which are intrusted with the foreign intercourse of the nation, which assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession, and which...  Albany Law Journal - Page 2931892Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - Court rules - 1829 - 758 pages
...assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession, and which it claims under a treaI v ; if the legislature has acted on the construction thus asserted ; it is not in its own courts... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1838 - 850 pages
...assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession, and which it claims under £ treaty; if the legislature has acted on the construction thus asserted; it is not in its own courts... | |
 | Daniel Bryant Tallmadge - Canada - 1841 - 58 pages
...which assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights, it is not in its own courts that this construction is to be denied." We have now concluded our examination of the great principles of national law involved in the case... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 852 pages
...assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession,...thus asserted, it is not in its own courts that this constugction is to be denied." The chief justice then discusses the validity of the grant made by the... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Riparian rights - 1847 - 492 pages
...assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession,...own Courts that this construction is to be denied." The Chief Justice then discusses the validity of the grant made by the Spanish government, after the... | |
 | 1841 - 432 pages
...which assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights, it is not in its own courts that this construction is to be denied." We have now concluded our examination of the great principles of national law involved in the case... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 536 pages
...assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession,...A question like this respecting the boundaries of i 2 Stats. at Large, 708. » Ib. 734. » 3 Ib. 371. < Ib. 489. » Ib. 608. « 8 Ib. 252. Foster v.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 702 pages
...assert and maintain its interests against foreign powers, have unequivocally asserted its rights of dominion over a country of which it is in possession,...acted on the construction thus asserted, it is not in our own courts that this construction is to be denied. A question like this, respecting the boundaries... | |
 | William Whiting - Executive power - 1864 - 376 pages
...and foreign countries.* " The question like this," says Chief Justice Marshall, " respecting boundary of nations, is, as has been truly said, more a political than a legal qm-s>"n ; and, in its discussion, the courts of every country must respect the pronounced will of the... | |
 | 1882 - 686 pages
...Documents, p. 47, If the political departments of the nation have unequivocally asserted its right of dominion over a country of which it is in possession...construction is to be denied. A question like this, affecting the boundaries of nations is, as has been truly said, more a political than a legal question,... | |
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