 | United States. Congress. House - 1490 Seiten
...national or political law, and-ever an eloquent advocate of popular rights, defines a State to be \ "body politic, or society of men united together for the purpose of promo ting their mutual safety. It is necessary," he subjoins. lithat there should be a public authority... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 540 Seiten
...of men, 1 3 Dall. 110. Per Blair J.; 9 Dane's Abridg. Appx. § 2, p. 10, § 3, p. 12, § 5, p. 16. united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by their combined strength.1 By the very act of civil and political association, each citizen subjects... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - 1843 - 256 Seiten
...absolute, uncontrollable power, the jus summi imperii,\ the absolute right to govern. A state or nation is a body politic, or society of men, united together for the purpose of promoting their mutal safety and advantage by their combined strength.): By the very act of civil and political association,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 674 Seiten
...common to them all and the same government. A nation is, therefore, an independent body politic ; a society of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by their joint efforts and their combined strength. Such a nation becomes a moral person, and is susceptible... | |
 | 1854 - 572 Seiten
...in its inception. In the people composing a State, by which we mean " a body politic or independent society of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by their combined strength," in their collective capacity, as a natural society, a political individuality,... | |
 | Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - 1855 - 942 Seiten
...the modern public jurists, § 2. Defidefine a State to be, a body politic, or society of men, state. united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by their combined strength.' This definition cannot be admitted as entirely accurate and complete, unless... | |
 | Emer de Vattel - 1856 - 668 Seiten
...GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF NATIONS. N ATIONS or states are bodies politic, societies of men ? 1. united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength. Such a society has her affairs and her interests ; she... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1857 - 260 Seiten
...chapter to his Treatise on the Law of Nations, says: "Nations or States are bodies politic ; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their mutual strength. Such a society has her affairs and her interests; she deliberates... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1857 - 688 Seiten
...chapter to his Treatise on the Law of Nations, says': "Nations or States are bodies politic ; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their mutual strength. Such a society has her affairs and her interests ; she... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1857 - 260 Seiten
...chapter to his Treatise on the Law of Nations, says: "Nations or States are bodies politic ; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their mutual strength. Such a society has her affairs and her interests; she deliberates... | |
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Nations or States are bodies politic ; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their mutual strength. 
