PRIZE COURT—continued. proceedings in British, ii. 421 courts in the United States which have prize jurisdiction, ii. 399 extent of jurisdiction of, ii. 402 how far decision of a foreign, receivable in evidence, ii. 406, 420 course adopted by the King of Prussia in 1753 as to the sen- practice in, ii. 425 course adopted by the United States in 1794 as to the sentence presumption as to sentence of a foreign, ii. 410 laws to be administered by a, ii. 410 evidence in, ii. 413, 425 provisions of 27 and 28 Vict., c. 25, as to evidence in, ii. 414 provisions of 27 and 28 Vict., c. 25, as to the jurisdiction of prize who may appear as a claimant in a, ii. 418 PROBABLE CAUSE OF SEIZURE, ii. 386 in islands, i. 163 in gulfs, straits, rivers, i. 167 in inland lakes, i. 170 in Africa, i. 164 laws of real, i. 187 laws of personal, i. 187 Scottish law as to immovables, i. 188 laws of the middle ages with respect to the, of deceased foreigner, i. 194 how affected by marriage contract, i. 202 jurisdiction of State over, i. 210 right to destroy private property in war, i. 485 captured in civil war, how condemned, i. 534 2. ENEMY'S PROPERTY ON LAND, ii. 96. See CONQUEST. right of State to seize, i. 532, ii. 59 provisions of Magna Charta as to, i. 531 declaration of Lord Clarendon in 1854 as to, i. 532 rule in the United States as to, i. 485 conduct of French and Germans in 1870 as to, ii 59 69 PROPERTY-continued. title to, how acquired, ii. 59, 61 given by treaty of peace, ii. 59 alienation of, before confirmation of conquest, ii. 60 what, liable to seizure, ii. 61 what, exempt from seizure, ii. 63 what, exempt from the operations of war, ii. 66 modern rule as to seizure, &c., of private property, ii. 67 exemptions to this rule, ii. 68 private property of sovereign, how considered, ii. 67 conduct in Franco-Austrian campaign (1859) as to private pro- conduct in American civil war (1863) as to private property, ii. 55 provisions of Brussels Conference as to private property, ii. 340 ii. 493 meaning of the term 'property,' ii. 494 3. ENEMY'S PROPERTY ON THE HIGH SEAS. See PRIZE. established law of nations as to, ii. 82 course pursued by England in 1854 as to, ii. 83 by the belligerents in 1870 as to, ii. 82 how far protected by neutrality of shipper, ii. 85 shipped by enemy to neutral consignee, ii. 88 how affected by right of stoppage in transitu, ii. 90 English admiralty rule as to national character of, ii. 91 rule of admiralty as to transfers of enemy's vessels to neutrals, ii. 94 proofs of national character of ships, ii. 98 vessels exempt from capture, ii. 105 4. PROPERTY IN ENEMY'S COUNTRY. time for withdrawal of, ii. 128 protection of, ii. 129 when liable to capture, ii. 130 5. PROPERTY OF NEUTRAL, i. 428, 437. See NEUTRAL, NEU- PROTECTORATE, effect of a, i. 69 PROTOCOL, i. 298 PROVISIONS, whether contraband, ii. 224, 234 rules of British Admiralty as to, being contraband, ii. 234 PROVOST, opinion of Sir Arthur Wellesley as to a provost establishment, ii. 32 duty of provost marshal, ii. 32 PRUSSIA, discussion with United States as to an ambassador's house, i. PUBLIC DEBTS, how affected by a change of power, i. 295, ii. 463, 496 QUAM LEGEM EXTERI NOBIS POSUERE, EANDEM QUARANTINE, i. 458 RANSOM, promise of, to a pirate, how far binding, i. 445 treatment of prisoners of war before introduction of ransoming, ii. 22 former practice as to, ii. 328 modern practice as to, ii. 330 'ransom bill,' ii. 330, 402 contract of, how considered, ii. 330 how carried into effect, ii. 331 taking hostage in case of, ii. 332 effect of contracts of, ii. 333 jurisdiction of prize court as to, ii. 402 RATIFICATION of treaties, i. 276 REAL UNION of two States, i. 71 REBELS, diplomatic intercourse between, and foreign States, i. 79 RECALL, letter of, i. 365 RECAPTURE, validity of, after peace, i. 320 definition of, ii. 500 onus probandi in cases of, ii. 510 by what law determined, ii. 512 provisions of 27 and 28 Vict., c. 25, as to, ii. 513 United States enactment as to, ii. 515 cases of restitution on, ii. 520 French ordinances as to, ii. 516 laws of Spain as to, ii. 517 Denmark as to, ii. 518 the States-General of the United Provinces, ii. 518 quantum of salvage allowed in, ii. 519 of neutral property, ii. 519 allotment of salvage in, ii. 520 time when, vests in captors, ii. 501, 520 rules of salvage in cases of, ii. 521 effect of, on ransom bill and hostage, ii. 523 of a vessel by her own crew, ii. 524 RECIPROCITY, RULE OF, remarks on the, ii. 35 in recapture of property of allies, ii. 512 from pirates, ii. 525 RECOGNITION, Canning's and Mackintosh's remarks on the meaning of, i. 84 United States army regulations as to, i. 560, ii. 43 RETROCESSION, rights of postliminy as regards a, ii. 508 REVENUE CUTTERS, ii. 378 REVENUE LAWS, effect of military occupation as regards, ii. 446 REVOLUTION. See INSURRECTION rights of, ii. 450 when justifiable, ii. 452 wars of, i. 503 RHINE, THE, navigation of, i. 175 RHODIAN LAWS, i. 9 RIVER, dominion of a, to whom it belongs, i. 165, 171 right of innocent passage' over a, i. 173 principles of the Roman civil law as to the navigation, &c., of a, i. 174 treaties respecting the navigation of certain rivers, i. 175 decision of the Emperor of Germany in reference to the St. blockade of mouth of a, ii. 188 and the Black Sea, i. 170 RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN, i. 536 RUSSIAN EMBASSY and Michilchenkorff, i. 351 SAFE-CONDUCTS OR PASSPORTS, granting of, to vessels of discovery, ii. 105 distinction between safe-conducts and passports, ii. 323 revocation of, ii. 324 punishment for violation of, ii. 325 ransom bill, ii. 330 licenses, ii. 343 United States army regulations as to, ii. 49 Mediterranean pass, ii. 100 SAFEGUARD, definition of, ii. 325 punishment for violation of, ii. 326 when requisite for cartel ship, ii. 327 ST. PETERSBURG DECLARATION, i. 563 |