...Enterprise under those circumstances. MARCH 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be primed. Resolved, That a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of...much so, as if constituting a part of its own domain. Resolved, That if such ship or vessel should be forced by stress of weather, or other unavoidable cause,...

...application to this case, 'Lieut. Gedney had no right to seize the vessel at all. The resolution declares that-*" A ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful commerce, is, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State to which...

...in the session of 1840, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " Resolved, — That a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of...much so as if constituting a part of its own domain. power, she and her cargo, and persons on board, with their property and all the rights belonging to...

...embraced in the first and second of these resolutions. The former affirms the acknowledged principle that a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, and engaged in a lawful voyage, is, by the law of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the...

...embraced in the first and second of these resolutions. The former affirms the acknowledged principle that a ship or vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, and engaged in a lawful voyage, is, by the law of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the...

...in their judgment, this vessel and cargo, being "rescued out of the hands of pirates and robbers en the high seas," and carried into a port of the United...domain;" and that, according to the same laws, the ship's papers, exemplified in proper form according to the laws of the nation to which she belongs, are held...

...his speech, that a ship or a vessel on the high in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, was, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belonged, — as much so as if constituting a part of its own domain ; that if such ship or vessel...

...law of mil ions, that a vessel on the hurh seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, was under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belongs ; and that if forced by necessity into a port of a friendly power, she loses none of the rights appertaining...

...should have been there, pursuant to the terms of the treaty, "delivered into the custody of the officeis of that port, in order to be taken care of, and restored...;" and that, according to the same laws, the ship's papers, exemplified in proper ionu according to the laws of the nation to which she belongs, are held...

...far as applicable, to persons engaged in the navigation of our rivers and along our coasts. Ib. 10. A vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to which her flag belongs ; as much so, as if constituting...