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Grotius. A renowned European writer on Inter-national Law. He was born at Delft, in Holland, in 1585. His greatest work is De Jure Pacis et Belli.The word 'ground' in s. 96(2) should be interpreted in such a technical way which would exclude certification in circumstances where the factual and legal issues are effectively the same, R (Boran) v. Home Secretary (QBD), (2004) 1 WLR 3129 EWHC. [See (English) Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act, 2002 (C 41), s. 96(2)]...
Jus jurandi forma verbis differt, re convenit; hunc enim sensum habere debet, ut Deus invocetur
Jus jurandi forma verbis differt, re convenit; hunc enim sensum habere debet, ut Deus invocetur. Grotius, 1. 2, c. xiii. s. 10.-(The form of taking an oath differs in language, agrees in meaning; for it ought to have this sense, that the Deity is invoked.) See OATH...
Mare Liberum
Mare Liberum, a famous treatise by Grotius, to show that all nations have an equal right to use the sea....
Nations, law of
Nations, law of. See INTERNATIONAL LAW. The principal offences against the law of nations are: (1) Violations of safe conducts; (2) Infringements of the rights of ambassadors; and (3) Piracy. See the works of Grotius, Vattel and others....
Territorial waters
Territorial waters. This expression is used with regard to that portion of the sea, upto a limited distance, which is immediately adjacent to the shores of any country, and over which the sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of that country extends. The generally recognized limit is three miles, which was the range of canon in the seventeenth century (see Grotius). Territorial waters are considered as territory to the extent that fishing in such waters is reserved for the exclusive benefit of the subjects of the adjacent country. See the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 73), passed in consequence of the decision in R. v. Keyn, (1876) 2 Ex D 63.Territorial waters shall have the same meaning as in s. 3 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976). [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2 (30A)]...
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