 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 էջ
...is an offence against the universal law of society. The offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there. But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy... | |
 | William Hawkins - 1824 - 838 էջ
...Who shall be deemed pirates. t Sect. 3. A PIRATE, at the common law, is a person who commits any of those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high...committed on land would have amounted to felony there. Sect. 4. By 28 Hen. 8. c. 15. it is enacted, "That all trea" sons, felonies, robberies, murders, and... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 էջ
...and of which we shall say more hereafter. (3) [ 72 ] THE offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there ". But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 էջ
...and of which we shall say more hereafter. (3) [ 72 ] THE offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there ". But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 էջ
...commission. Of Piracy at Common Law, and by Statutes. THE offence of piracy at common law consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there, (я) But it is no felony at common law, and it was... | |
 | Daniel Davis - 1828 - 512 էջ
...all mankind, all mankind must declare war against him.* Piracy, by common law, is the committing of those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon tlie land, would amount to felony there.f By the 8th section of the act of the Congress of the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 էջ
...purpose, which proceeds according to the course of the common law. This offence, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there. But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1831 - 1094 էջ
...p. 47, 8. At common law, the offence of piracy consists in committing those acts of Ai commun i«w. robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed on land, would hare amounted to felony there. 1 Лии. 100. Where several mariners on board a ship lying near the... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 590 էջ
...superior judicature ; 3 Bla. Com. 33. t The offence of piracy at common law consists in commilting those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there ; 1 Hawk. PC c. 37. s. 4; 4 Bla. Com 72 ; 2 East, PC... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 էջ
...pirata has been formerly taken for a sea captain. Spelm. The offence of piracy, by common law, consists nto @kA! 1 Hawk. PC c. 37. § 10. Formerly this crime was only cognizable by the admiralty courts, which proceed... | |
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THE offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there ". But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy also: as... 
