 | John Almon - 1797 - 212 pages
...refufes, and puts the inhabitants to the fword, or exterminates them, all the land belongs to him : — If he receives the inhabitants under his protection,...grants them their property, he has a power to fix the terms and conditions : — he is interefted with making the treaty of peace, he may yield up the... | |
 | John Almon - 1797 - 436 pages
...refufes, and puts the inhabitants to the fword, or exterminates ithem, all the land belongs to him i-^-If he receives the inhabitants under his protection,...grants them their property, he has a power to fix the terms and conditions:-!—he is interefted with making the treaty of peace, he may yield up the... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1819 - 644 pages
...conquered countries; maintaining " that it is left to the king to grant or refuse a capitulation;—if he refuses, and puts the inhabitants to the sword,...terms he pleases ; and change part, or the whole, ef the law, or political form of its government, a» he sees best" In reply to an observation, BOOK... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1824 - 1090 pages
...exterminates them, all the lands belong to him. But if, as is more usual in modern times, the king receives the inhabitants under his protection, and grants them their property, he has power t» fix such terms and conditions as he thinks proper. He is intrusted with making the treaty... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 624 pages
...refuses, and puts the inhabitants to the sword, or exterminates them, all the lands belong to him. If he receives the inhabitants under his protection,...them their property, he has a power to fix such terms as he thinks proper : he is intrusted with making the treaty of peace ; he may yield up the conquest,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 640 pages
...refuses, and puts the inhabitants to the sword, or exterminates them, all the lands belong to him. If he receives the inhabitants under his protection,...them their property, he has a power to fix such terms as he thinks proper : he is intrusted with making the treaty of peace ; he may yield up the conquest,... | |
 | 1837 - 682 pages
...them, all the lands belong to him. If ha receives the inhabitant! under his protection j anil (/rants them their property, he has a power to fix such terms and conditions as he thinks proper. He is intrusted with making the treaty of peace: he may yield up the conquest, or retain it upon what... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1869 - 616 pages
...capitulation, and puts the inhabitants to the sword or exterminates them, all the lands belong to him. If he receives the inhabitants under his protection,...fix such terms and conditions as he thinks proper." — Campbell v. Hall, ubi sup. ; and see Smith \. Brown, 2 Salk. 6G6. In Jephson v. Biera, 3 Knapp,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 618 pages
...descent, it must be with consent of parliament. He is intrusted with making the treaty of peace; he may yield up the conquest or retain it on what terms he pleases. These powers no man ever disputed; neither has it hitherto been controverted that the king might change... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1878 - 516 pages
...he refuse, and puts the inhabitants to the sword or exterminates them, all the lands belong to him ; if he receives the inhabitants under his protection,...such terms and conditions as he thinks proper. He is entrusted with making terms of peace ; he may yield up the conquest, or retain it upon whateverterms... | |
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He is entrusted with making the treaty of peace: he may yield up the conquest, or retain it upon what terms he pleases. These powers no man ever disputed, neither has it hitherto been controverted that the King might change part or the whole of the law... 
