It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains, and, consequently, can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce,... The Executive Documents - Page 211by the executive documents printed by order of the senate of the united states for the second session of the forty-fourth congress, 1876 and '77, and the special session of the senate, march, 1877 - 1877Full view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1953 - 874 pages
...of construction is in accord with the long-heeded admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." The Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118. See The Nereide, 9 Cranch 388, 423; MacLeod v. United... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1806 - 476 pages
...by express " words or" a very plain and necessary implication. • It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate...the law of nations as understood in this country. These principles are believed to be correct, and they ought to be kept in viev* in construing the act... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 444 pages
...manifested by express words, or a very plain and necessary implication. It has also been observed that an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of na- Murray tions if any other possible construction remains, and, charming consequently, can never... | |
| United States - Law - 1846 - 916 pages
...that opinion. Grant t). Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never tobe construed to violate the law of nations, if any other...of nations, as understood in this country. Murray в. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64 ; 1 Cond. Rep. 358. When an act of Congress is revived by a subsequent... | |
| Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - Law - 1846 - 708 pages
...Fairf. 118; 9 Greenl. 140; 6 Greenl. 112; 3Greenl.326; 3 Venn. 507; 3 S. & R. 1«9 ; 4 Greenl. 140. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate...'law of nations, if any other possible construction remain. Murray v. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64. In construing the statutes of a state, the Supreme... | |
| United States - Law - 1848 - 880 pages
...Supreme Court entirely concurs in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate...of nations, as understood in this country. Murray c. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64 ; 1 Cond. Rep. 358. When an act of Congress is revived by a subsequent... | |
| United States - Law - 1850 - 906 pages
...Supreme Court entirely concurs 'in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate...remains ; and consequently can never be construed to viotate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations,... | |
| R. Peters - 1856 - 896 pages
...that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never tobe construed to violate the law of nations, if any other...commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations, ae understood in this country. Murray r. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64 ; 1 Cond. Rep. 358. When... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 1096 pages
...and the public law. In 2 Cranch, p. 64, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that— " An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate...nations, if any other possible construction remains." The same doctrine is laid down, by the same court, in the case of Talbot & Seaman, 1 Cranch, p. 1.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1858 - 868 pages
...Murray vs. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cr. R., 118, the Supreme Court lay it down as a rule, that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations ifany other possiWeconstructionremaius. This rule commends itself both by its wisdom and its justice,... | |
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