| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 822 pages
...of title in the courts of the United States. Harcourt v. GaiUard, 329. 2. Spanish grants made after the treaty of peace of 1783, between the United States and Great Britain, within the territory east of the River Mississippi, and north of a line drawn from that river, at the... | |
| James Alexander Hamilton - History - 1869 - 672 pages
...interpretations given by the two Governments to the stipulation contained in the Second Article of the Treaty of Peace of 1783, between the United States and Great Britain ; which stipulations are in the following words: " ART. 2 : And that all disputes which might »rise... | |
| United States. Department of State - United States - 1871 - 924 pages
...limitations of Virginia upon British debts contracted before that treaty. (Hopkirk v. Sell, 3 Cranch, 454.) y acquired within the said territory, should be respected, and that the was a mere recognition of pre-existing rights as to territory, and no territory was thereby acquired... | |
| United States - United States - 1873 - 1180 pages
...limitations of Virginia upon British debts contracted before that treaty, (ifoplcirk v. Hell, 3 Cranch, 454.) The treaty of peace of 1783 between the United States and Great Britain was a mere recognition of pre-existing rights as to territory, and no territory was thereby acquired... | |
| Patrick Cudmore - Constitutional history - 1875 - 278 pages
...allegiance, and the power to compel his services as a citizen."—Mcllvainea. Coxe's Lessee, 4 Cranch, 209. "The treaty of peace of 1783, between the United States and Great Britain did not so operate upon the condition of a person in the above predicament as to make him become an... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - Railroads - 1883 - 106 pages
...States vs. Devaux, 5 Cranch, 61, 87.) Similar was the construction given by that court to a clause in the treaty of peace of 1783 between the United States and Great Britain. The sixth article provided that there should . be " no future- confiscation made nor any prosecutions... | |
| John Norton Pomeroy - International law - 1886 - 508 pages
...within two or more of these classes. To treaties of this sort the term "mixed" is commonly given. Thus the Treaty of peace of 1783, between the United States and Great Britain, recognized the independence of the former, established its boundaries, and created rights of fishing... | |
| Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1889 - 508 pages
...variance with the most accredited authorities.' In this opinion the Committee do not concur. So far Irom doing so, it is thought the presumption that the 49th...Great Britain. By the former the confines between th« British and French possessions were irrevocably fixed ' by a line drawn along the middle of the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 912 pages
...confiscation pro tanto of the estates of the remainder-men, and would violate the fifth and sixth articles of the treaty of peace of 1783 between the United States and Great Britain, providing " that all persons who have any interest in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage... | |
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