Word: halleck
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this time Halleck, an astute cabinet soldier, but unpractical, succeeded Fremont in command in the West. The power of the Confederates was finally broken by the battle of Pea Ridge, in March...
...According to International Law the United States has exclusive jurisdiction over Behring Sea. It is not contrary to custom for nations to hold unlimited sway over large bodies of water; e. g., Long Island Sound, Bay of Cheleurs, Fortune Bay, Irish Channel; Hall's International Law, p. 140; Halleck 1, 140; Phillimore 1, 216; Wheaton...
...property of the first taker: Bouvier, Law Dictionary, Vol. 1, p 159; Correspondence of Blaine and Salisbury, p. 62. b. Prescription cannot validate a claim contrary to international law: Boyd's Wheaton, p. 257, 1. c. The rights claimed could only be gained by treaty or armed force: Halleck's Inter. Law., Vol. 1, p. 414 etseq.; ibd. Vol. II, p. 278; Correspondence of Blaine and Salisbury...
...open sea cannot be appropriated; dominion over the seas can exist only as to those portions capable or permanent possession from the shore. See all the leading authorities on Int Law.- e.g., Abdy's Kent, L. 97; Halleck I., ch. 6 13; Wildman, I., 70; Marters, 40 (ed. 1864); Huntefenille, Tome I., tit. i., ch. 3 S 1; Kluber, 130 (ed. 1861); Ortolor I., 145; Baron de Cussey I., tit. 2, SS40.41; Heffter...