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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... "
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United ... - Page 248
by United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), John Gallison - 1815
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The British Constitution, Or an Epitome of Blackstone's Commentaries on the ...

Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...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...
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A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the ..., Volume 1

William Hawkins - Criminal procedure - 1824 - 838 pages
...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...
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Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another], Volume 4

sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 576 pages
...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...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 788 pages
...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...
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A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of ..., Part 261

Daniel Davis - Justices of the peace - 1828 - 512 pages
...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...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 17

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 816 pages
...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...
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The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, Volume 5

Richard Burn - 1831 - 1094 pages
...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...
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A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and ..., Volume 13

Charles Petersdorff - Law - 1831 - 590 pages
...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...
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The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...

Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...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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