 | United States - 1812 - 524 pages
...jurisdiction of courts is a branch of that which is possessed by the nation as an independent sovereign power. The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source. This consent may be either express or implied. In the latter case, it is less determinate, exposed... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - Law - 1813 - 658 pages
...upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereign238 !>• to the extent of the restriction, and an investment...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source. This consent may be either express or implied. In the latter case, it is less determinate, exposed... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 680 pages
...to the extent of tin; restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in thai, power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions,...nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate soxirce. This consent may be either express or implied. In the latter case, it is less determinate,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 684 pages
...exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must he traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source. This consent may be cither express or implied. In • lie latter case, it is less determinate, exposed... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...absolute; it is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it derived from an external source, would imply a diminution...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source." 7 Cr. 136. 168. A congress, consisting of twelve United Colonies, assembled, 169. The thirteen United... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 pages
...absolute; it is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it derived from an external source, would imply a diminution...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source." 7 Cr. 136. In comparing these expressions of the Court with those of the old congress, it will be seen... | |
 | Richard Wildman - International law - 1849 - 662 pages
...without their consent. The authority of a state within its own territories is absolute and exclusive. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source (c). It is not easy to conceive a power to execute a municipal law, or to enforce obedience without... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - United States - 1853 - 364 pages
...results from the well established position, that the jurisdiction of a nation within its own territory is exclusive and absolute ; it is susceptible of no limitation...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source. The world, being composed of distinct sovereignties possessing equal rights and equal independence,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 754 pages
...jurisdiction of courts is a branch of that which is possessed by the nation as an independent sovereign power. The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory...itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source. This consent may be either express or implied. In the latter case. it is less determinate, exposed... | |
 | Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - International law - 1855 - 942 pages
...of courts of justice was a branch of that possessed by the nation as an independent sovereign power. The jurisdiction of the nation, within its own territory,...traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They could flow from no other legitimate source. diction of that State, of a steamboat employed by the Canadian... | |
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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... 
