non-commissioned captures
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 23 U.S. 306 - The Dos Hermanos · 1825Most cited · 16 citing opinions
accrue to government
all captures jure belli, are made for the government, and that no title of prize can be acquired but by the public acts of the government conferring rights on the captors... It is, then, the settled law of the United States, that all captures made by non-commissioned captors, are made for the government
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