 | M. M. Penstone - Cities and towns - 1910 - 480 pages
...individuals or companies, the appointing of any place for a harbour is the right of the sovereign, who is the " guardian of the ports and havens which are the inlets and gates of this realm." The commerce of England is carried on in ships The Navy belonging to private persons or... | |
 | Needham Calvin Collier - Public service commissions - 1918 - 722 pages
...further said that: "In England it hath always been holden, that the King is lord of the whole shore, and particularly is the guardian of the ports and...are the inlets and gates of the realm, and therefore so early as the reign of King John we find ships seized by the King's officers for putting in at a... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1052 pages
...always been holdon tbat tbe king is lord of the whole shore, ami particularly is the guardian of tbe ports and havens, which are the inlets and gates of the realm; and therefore, so early as the reign of King John, we find ships seized by the king's officers for putting in at a... | |
 | Diplomacy - 1963 - 474 pages
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 | Harbors - 1930 - 930 pages
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England it hath always been holden, that the king is lord of the whole shore, and particularly is the guardian of the ports and havens, which are the inlets and gates of the realm; and therefore, so early as the reign of King John, we find ships seized... 
