...Mansfield. It said :— When two powers arr ¡it war they have a right to make prizes of the slhips, goods, and effects of each other upon the high seas....property of the enemy may be acquired by capture at sea. . . . Before the ships or goods can be disposed of by the captors there must be a regular judicial...

...distinguished lawyers 3S on the rules of international law governing the rights of maritime belligerent nations to make prizes of the ships, goods, and effects of each other upon the high seas, and of contraband carried by the vessels of friendly nations, in contravention of neutral duties.39...

...as to the action of Frederick II in withholding payment of interest on the Silesian loan ... (1753): 'When two powers are at war, they have a right to make prizes of ships, goods, and effects of each other upon the high seas; whatever is the property of the enemy may...

...commerce and navigation, as the belligerent parties have a right, under the law of nations, to make prize of the ships, goods, and effects of each other upon the high seas."); Jecker v. Montgomery, 59 US (18 Bow.) 110, 112 (1855) ("The consequence of this state of hostility...

...commerce and navigation, as the belligerent parties have a right, under the law of nations, to make prize of the ships, goods, and effects of each other upon the high seas."); Jecker v. Montgomery, 59 OS (18 How.) 110, 112 (1855) ("The consequence of this state of hostility...

...compiled the other major American treatise on international law), do "they have a right to make prize of the ships, goods, and effects of each other upon the high seas." But Lincoln's contention from the start of the war was that the Confederacy was not a nation. The Constitution...

...States; And the said Peter Arcade Johannene further saith that by the Law of Nations, when two nations are at war, they have a right to make prizes of the Ships and Vessels, Goods, Wares, Merchandize and effects of each other found an and taken on the high seas,...