 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1806 - 476 pages
...be perfectly correct. It is opposed by principles which are universally acknowledged. The authority of a nation within its own territory is absolute and...which it is its duty to repel. But its power to secure -tself from injury, may certainly be exercised beyond the limits, of its territory. Upon this principle... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1869 - 878 pages
...*' insurance claim. ' : ' In pronouncing judgment, Chief Justice Marshall observed : " The authority of a nation within its own territory is absolute and...repel. But its power to secure itself from injury nay certainly be exercised beyond the limits of ite territory. Upon this principle, the right of a... | |
 | Great Britain. Neutrality Laws Commissioners - Great Britain - 1868 - 98 pages
...Couct on an insurance claim. In pronouncing judgment, Chief Justice Marshall observed : " The authority of a nation within its own territory is absolute and...certainly be exercised beyond the limits of its territory. UjK)n this principle, the right of a belligerent to search a neutral vessel on the high seas for contraband... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1869 - 878 pages
...470. In pronouncing judgment, Chief Justice Marshall observed: "The authority of a nation within it« own territory is absolute and exclusive. The seizure...foreign force is an invasion of that territory, and is л hostile act which it is its duty to repel. But its power to secure itself from injury may certainly... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1872 - 1016 pages
...judgment Chief Justice Marshall observed : "The antborityof a nation within its own territory is absoluto and exclusive. The seizure of a vessel within the...duty to repel. But its power to secure itself from injnry luay certainly be exercised beyond the limits of its territory. Upon this principio tinright... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 758 pages
...be perfectly correct. It is opposed bv principles which are universally acknowledged. The authority of a nation within its own territory is absolute and...and is a hostile act which it is its duty to repel. Jîut its power to secure itself from injury may certainly be exercised beyond the limits of it.territory.... | |
 | John Melville Gould - Riparian rights - 1883 - 972 pages
...be perfectly correct. It is opposed by principles which are universally acknowledged. The authority of a nation within its own territory is absolute and...be exercised beyond the limits of its territory." In United States v. Smiley,2 the defendant was indicted for the larceny of treasure lost from a wreck... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1890 - 986 pages
...to the extent of the means it may use for its own security, does not seem to be perfectly correct. The seizure of a vessel within the range of its cannon by a foreign force, is an invasion of its territory and is a hostile act, which it is its duty to repel. But its power to secure itself from... | |
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The authority of a nation, within its own territory, is absolute and exclusive. The seizure of a vessel, within the range of its cannon, by a foreign force, is an invasion of that territory, and is a hostile act which it is its duty to repel. But its... 
