Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Printed Argument on Behalf of the United States of Venezuela Before the Tribunal of Arbitration, Bände 1-2Evening Post Job Printing House, 1898 - 765 Seiten |
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... whole extent . If , on the other hand , by the words " lying vacant , " as used in the above passage , it is meant , " not under any claim of title by a civilized State , " then the proposition has no application to the present ...
... whole extent . If , on the other hand , by the words " lying vacant , " as used in the above passage , it is meant , " not under any claim of title by a civilized State , " then the proposition has no application to the present ...
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... whole territory . The propositions above cited amount to saying that if the ter- ritory in dispute was not Dutch , neither was it Spanish , and as certainly no third party had a claim to it , it was open to the occu- pation of the first ...
... whole territory . The propositions above cited amount to saying that if the ter- ritory in dispute was not Dutch , neither was it Spanish , and as certainly no third party had a claim to it , it was open to the occu- pation of the first ...
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... whole subject , is that the act , whatever it is , must be a national act . The party here seeking to acquire title is the State . The posses- sion must , therefore , be the possession of the State . When the subjects or citizens of one ...
... whole subject , is that the act , whatever it is , must be a national act . The party here seeking to acquire title is the State . The posses- sion must , therefore , be the possession of the State . When the subjects or citizens of one ...
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... whole district . The establishment even of complete forms of government , fully equipped with all governmental ma- chinery , at one point , although constituting the exercise of politi- cal control at that point , cannot be construed to ...
... whole district . The establishment even of complete forms of government , fully equipped with all governmental ma- chinery , at one point , although constituting the exercise of politi- cal control at that point , cannot be construed to ...
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... whole territory in dispute is claimed by Venezuela is the title by which the whole of Guiana from the Orinoco to the Amazon was originally held by Spain . Under the principles of international law , discovery accompanied by intention to ...
... whole territory in dispute is claimed by Venezuela is the title by which the whole of Guiana from the Orinoco to the Amazon was originally held by Spain . Under the principles of international law , discovery accompanied by intention to ...
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abandoned acts actual settlement adverse holding adverse possession Agreement of 1850 alleged Amacura Arbitrators asserted authorities Barima Point Barima-Waini boundary line Britain British claim British Government British Guiana Caribs cession charter coast territory colonists colony Commandeur Company's Creek Cuyuni River Director-General disputed territory district dominion Dutch Dutch claim Dutch settlement Essequibo established evidence exercise extend fact falls frontier Governor grant Guayana Indians interior international law island jurisdiction land letter limits Lord Aberdeen Lord Salisbury Majesty's Government Massaruni ment miles mission Moruca mouth nation Netherlands Orinoco party period plantations Pomeroon possession Postholder principle proposed question quibo reason reference region rule Santo Thome savanna says Schomburgk Line settle settlers sion slaves sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish statement Storm subjects Surinam terra nullius territory in dispute tion title by discovery trade Treaty of Munster tribes Tribunal tributaries V. C. II Venezuela Venezuelan Government Waini West India Company whole
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Seite 193 - ... the different nations of Europe respected the right of the natives as occupants, they asserted the ultimate dominion to be in themselves; and claimed and exercised, as a" consequence of this ultimate dominion, a power to grant the soil, while yet in possession of the natives. These grants have been understood by all to convey a title to the grantees, subject only to the Indian right of occupancy.
Seite 33 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Seite 224 - A patent was granted him by her majesty, in 1584, for himself^ his heirs and assigns, to discover " such remote heathen and barbarous lands, not actually possessed by any Christian prince, nor inhabited by Christian people...
Seite 18 - The tribunal shall investigate and ascertain the extent of the territories belonging to or that might lawfully be claimed by the United Netherlands or by the Kingdom of Spain, respectively, at the time of the acquisition by Great Britain of the Colony of British Guiana — and shall determine the boundary line between the Colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela.
Seite 599 - The exclusion of all other Europeans necessarily gave to the nation making the discovery the sole right of acquiring the soil from the natives and establishing settlements upon it. It was a right with which no Europeans could interfere. It was a right which all asserted for themselves, and to the assertion of which by others all assented.
Seite 193 - But as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle which all should acknowledge as the law by which the right of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves.
Seite 246 - Netherlands or from any place outside them, to sail upon or to trade with the coasts and lands of Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope...
Seite 284 - The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered territory as a mere military occupation, until its fate shall be determined at the treaty of peace. If it be ceded by the treaty, the acquisition is confirmed, and the ceded territory becomes a part of the nation to which it is annexed, either on the terms stipulated in the treaty of cession, or on such as its new master shall impose.
Seite 34 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclusive political control of a district, as well as actual settlement thereof, sufficient to constitute adverse holding or to make title by prescription.
Seite 284 - States over the territory was, of course, suspended, and the laws of the United States could no longer be rightfully enforced there, or be obligatory upon the inhabitants who remained and submitted to the conquerors. By the surrender the inhabitants passed under a temporary allegiance to the British government, and were bound by such laws, and such only, as it chose to recognize and impose.