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" Government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation. "
The Monthly Chronicle - Page 210
edited by - 1841
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Niles' National Register, Volume 63

1842 - 440 pages
...would appeal to vou, sir to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, viz: "a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar discription...
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - Law - 1843 - 696 pages
...would appeal to you, pir, lo say whether the facts "which you eny would alone iusrify this aci, viz: "a necessity of selfdefence, instant, overwhelming,...choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," were notapplicablc to thia rape in as high a ilcgree as they ever were to any caso of a similar desciiplion...
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Parliamentary Papers, Volume 61

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1843 - 576 pages
...would appeal to you, Sir, to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify the act, viz.: " a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description...
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The Diplomatic and Official Papers of Daniel Webster, While Secretary of State

Daniel Webster - United States - 1848 - 414 pages
...whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, viz., " a necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description...
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The North American Review, Volume 68

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1849 - 544 pages
...act, and maintaining that, if it was justified on grounds of selfdefence, a necessity must be shown, " instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation." There is a dignity, a power, a clearness, and a precision, in this document, and a dispky of the principles...
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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Legal arguments and speeches to the jury ...

Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 658 pages
...appeal to you, Sir, to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, namely, " a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,'...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description...
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Legal arguments and speeches to the jury ; Diplomatic and official papers ...

Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 658 pages
...appeal to you, Sir, to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, namely, " a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description...
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Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 3

Robert Phillimore - International law - 1857 - 668 pages
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there must exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (a) Dumont, Corps Dipl., VI. ip 129, and vi. ii. p. 76. (A) The ships taken at Genoa, 4 Rob., p. 403....
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1

James Kent - Law - 1858 - 732 pages
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there must exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (d) 5 Rob. Rep. 385 d. ershoek to this extent ; that if a vessel-refused to submit to visitation and...
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International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace ...

Henry Wager Halleck - International law - 1861 - 960 pages
...imposed by that necessity." He, however, contended that there was " that necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," which preceded the destruction of the Caroline while moored to the shore of the United States, that...
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