Foreign seizure
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 13 U.S. 102 - The Ship Richmond v. The United States · 1815Most cited · 51 citing opinions
cannot defeat municipal proceedings
The seizure of an American vessel within the territorial jurisdiction of a foreign power, is certainly an offence against that power, which must be adjusted between the two governments. This Court can take no cognizance of it; and the majority of the Court is of opinion that the law does not connect that trespass, if it be one, with the subsequent seizure by the civil authority, under the process of the District Court, so as to annul the proceedings of that Court against the vessel.
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