The Law Relating to Trading with the Enemy: Together with a Consideration of the Civil Rights and Disabilities of Alien Enemies and of the Effect of War on Contracts with Alien Enemies |
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... action . This proviso does not apply to claims , made by a German branch against local debtors , for non - acceptance or non - payment of a bill of exchange payable in a foreign country . The penalty for violation of the ordinance is a ...
... action . This proviso does not apply to claims , made by a German branch against local debtors , for non - acceptance or non - payment of a bill of exchange payable in a foreign country . The penalty for violation of the ordinance is a ...
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... action of Congress was a legitimate exercise of the war power . The Constitution confers upon Congress expressly power to declare war , grant letters of marque and reprisal , and make rules respecting captures on land and water . Upon ...
... action of Congress was a legitimate exercise of the war power . The Constitution confers upon Congress expressly power to declare war , grant letters of marque and reprisal , and make rules respecting captures on land and water . Upon ...
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... actions of the nationals of the hostile party . " The Convention provides ( article 2 ) that its provisions and the ... action which at the time of the outbreak of war any alien enemy may possess . . . . Extending our view from the ...
... actions of the nationals of the hostile party . " The Convention provides ( article 2 ) that its provisions and the ... action which at the time of the outbreak of war any alien enemy may possess . . . . Extending our view from the ...
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... action of Congress the adjustment of rights and claims arising from such transactions . Under the old rule warring nations did not respect the property rights of their enemies , but a more enlightened opinion prevails at the present ...
... action of Congress the adjustment of rights and claims arising from such transactions . Under the old rule warring nations did not respect the property rights of their enemies , but a more enlightened opinion prevails at the present ...
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... Action , at p . 3 , states the law ac- curately in the following proposition : ' Under the term " alien enemy " are included not only the subjects of any state at war with us , but also any British subjects or the subjects of any ...
... Action , at p . 3 , states the law ac- curately in the following proposition : ' Under the term " alien enemy " are included not only the subjects of any state at war with us , but also any British subjects or the subjects of any ...
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Page 201 - Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 150 - That (a) whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation...
Page 265 - ... in the absence of any express or implied warranty that the thing shall exist, the contract is not to be construed as a positive contract, but as subject to an implied condition that the parties shall be excused in case, before breach, performance becomes impossible from the perishing of the thing without default of the contractor.
Page 349 - An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes...
Page 38 - ... 4. That it be -proposed, though not indispensably required, that if war should hereafter arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects without molestation or hindrance...
Page 25 - States, then and in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, by proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States ; and thereupon...
Page 232 - That war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy, wherever found, is conceded.
Page 350 - ... or for, or on account of, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any other person, with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that such other person is an enemy or ally of enemy...
Page 320 - ... order the payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery to said claimant of the money or other property so held by the alien property custodian or by the Treasurer of the United States or of the interest therein to which the President shall determine said claimant is entitled.
Page 321 - Except as herein provided, the money or other property conveyed, transferred, assigned, delivered, or paid to the Alien Property Custodian, shall not be liable to lien, attachment, garnishment, trustee process, or execution, or subject to any order or decree of any court.