Alien Enemy - Law Dictionary Search Results
Alien enemy
Matched in: Term Alien enemy
Alien
Matched in: Term Alien
Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914
Matched in: Term Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914
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Act of State
India, 6 Bom LR 131; Virendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1955 SCR 415. The arrest of an alien enemy under Defence (General) Regulations, 1939 is not an act of State, Hirsch v.'Somervell, 62 TLR 592; Stroud's Dictionary
Local allegiance
Local allegiance, such as is due from an alien or stranger born, as long as he continues within the sovereign's dominions and protection; it ceases the instant … and effects here, should, during a war with his native country, go thither, and there adhere to our enemies for purposes of hostility, he may be dealt with as a traitor, Fost. 115. See ALIEN.
Abatement
an exception to the personal competency of the parties suing or sued; e.g., that the plaintiff was an alien enemy, or that the defendant was a married woman. In criminal proceedings, a plea in abatement might have been
Letters of safe-conduct
from our ambassadors abroad are now more usually obtained, and are allowed to be of equal validity; see ALIEN ENEMY.Where the court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under sub-sec. (1), and
Occupancy
that anybody authorized by the Crown may seize to his own use such goods as belong to an alien enemy. (2) All persons may, on their own lands, or in the seas, generally exercise the right to pursue
Piracy
subject, was held to be a species of treason, being contrary to his natural allegiance; if by an alien, to be felony only; but since the Statute of Treason (25 Edw. 3, c. 2), it is held … therefore, be only regarded in the light of robbers. They are, as Cicero has truly stated, the common enemies of all (communes hostes omnium); and the law of nations gives to every one the right to pursue
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