[25] 8 Cranch, S. C. R., 110.
[26] Wheaton, Elements of International Law, Part IV. ch. 1, § 11.
[27] Law of Nations, p. 136.
[28] Halleck, International Law, p. 460.
[29] “Washington, dans la guerre de l’Amérique, inventa l’expression et la chose.”—Klüber, Droit des Gens Moderne de l’Europe, (Paris, 1831,) Tom. II. p. 33, sec. 251, note.
[30] Page 410.
[31] Q. Curtius, Lib. VII. cap. 8.
[32] Law of Nations, Book III. Ch. 13, § 203.
[33] 8 Cranch, S. C. R., 110.
[34] Le Caux v. Eden, Douglas, R., 594; Faith et al. v. Pearson, Holt, N. P. Cases, 113.