persons' in extradition treaty
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Definitions from Case Law
From 229 U.S. 447 - Charlton v. Kelly · 1913Most cited · 609 citing opinions
there is no principle of international law by which citizens are excepted out of an agreement to surrender 'persons,' where no such exception is made in the treaty itself. Upon the contrary, the word 'persons' includes all persons when not qualified as it is in some of the treaties between this and other nations.