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" The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its... "
The United States Consular System: a Manual for Consuls, and Also for ... - Page 200
by United States. Department of State - 1863
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 10

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 960 pages
...pronounced by Chief Justice Marshall, in the following terms: " The jurisdiction of the nation without its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation which it has not itself imposed. Any restriction on this subject, whose validity should be derived...
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A Full and Arranged Digest of the Decisions in Common Law, Equity ..., Volume 2

Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 792 pages
...al., 7 Cranch, 116; 2 Cond. Rep. 439. 5. The jurisdiction of a nation, within its own territory, is exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty...
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Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States, Volume 94

United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1942 - 818 pages
...Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon et al., 7 Cranch. 116, 136, 144, the court said : The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive...susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. * * *. * * * when merchant vessels enter for the purposes of trade, it would be obviously inconvenient...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Admiralty of England ..., Volume 1

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty, William Ernst Browning, Vernon Lushington - Admiralty - 1868 - 548 pages
...that which is possessed by the nation as an hide- '" pendent sovereign power. The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive...susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 3

Law - 1871 - 530 pages
...that opposes their lusts, had learned that "the Jurisdiction of a nation, within Its own territory. Is exclusive and absolute. It Is susceptible of no limitation not Imposed by Itself." The Exchange v. McFaddon, 7 Cranch. 118. Let them m;> U, np their minds that this nation will enforce...
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Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising ...

United States. Department of Justice - Attorneys general's opinions - 1902 - 768 pages
...independent sovereignty, and the jurisdiction of a nation within its own territory is necessarily exchuifoe and absolute; it is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself." And the court proceeds to say that all exceptions must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself,...
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Report Upon Samoa, Or the Navigator's Islands: Made to the Secretary of State

Albert Barnes Steinberger - Samoan Islands - 1874 - 372 pages
...protected by theadministration of an even-handed justice supported by a liberal form of government; knowing that the jurisdiction of a nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute, possessing the exclusive right to regulate persons and things according to its own sovereign will and...
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Report of the Commissioners, Minutes of the Evidence, and Appendix, with ...

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Fugitive Slaves - Enslaved persons - 1876 - 350 pages
...by Chief Justice Marshall in the case of the Exchange (7 Cranch, p. 136). " The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive...susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it deriving validity from an external source would imply a diminution of its sovereignty...
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Parliamentary Papers, Volume 28

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1876 - 652 pages
...Chief Justice Marshall in the case of the Exchange (7 Cranch, p. 136). . " The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive...susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it deriving validity from an external source would imply a diminution of its sovereignty...
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The Merchant Shipping Laws: Being a Consolidation of All the Merchant ...

Alexander Charles Boyd - Maritime law - 1876 - 704 pages
...subject to the jurisdiction of that state. " The jurisdiction of the nation." said Marshall, 0. J. (c), "within its own territory is necessarily exclusive...susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself." The following case, stated by Byles, J., and the judgment, delivered, fully explain the law on this...
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