Private compact with enemy
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From 2 U.S. 1 - Miller v. The Ship Resolution · 1781Most cited · 21 citing opinions
it is a general maxim of the law of nations, 'that although a private compact with an enemy may be prejudicial to a state in some degree, yet if it tends to avoid a greater evil, it shall bind the state, and ought to be considered as a public good.