 Federal courts, declares that "the better opinion would seem to be, that a citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to the United States without the permission of government to be declared by law; and that, as there is no existing legislative regulation...  Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York - Side 374av New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edwin Augustus Bedell, James Newton Fiero, Alvah S. Newcomb - 1867Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | United States. Attorney-General - 1858 - 600 sider
...opinion. After carefully reviewing the whole subject, Chancellor Kent pronounces the better opinion to be, that a citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to the United States without permission of the Government, to be declared by law. (Commentaries, vol. ii, p. 49.) It is a significant... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 sider
...concludes that the better opinion is that a citizen cannot renounce his allegiance without permission to be declared by law, and that, as there is no existing legislative regulation in the case, the rule of the English common law — nemo jmlfM exucrc. patriam... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - 1861 - 956 sider
...Chancellor Kent says : "From a historical review of the principal decisions in the federal courts, the better opinion would seem to be, that a citizen...law ; and that, as there is no existing regulation on the case, the rule of the English common law remains unaltered." Others, however, contend, that... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1869 - 878 sider
...administer, had made no provision. The cases are fully reviewed by Kent, and his conclusion is thus stated : "The better opinion would seem to be that a citizen...allegiance to the United States without the permission of the government, to be declared by law ; and that, as there is no existing legislative regulation on... | |
 | Frederick Charles Brightly - 1865 - 1152 sider
...by judicial decision. The better opinion, however, would seem to be, that a citizen cannot renoonce his allegiance to the United States without the permission...declared by law ; and that, as there is no existing legi'latlve regulation in tho cases, the rule of the Knglish common law remains unaltered. 8ee Talbot... | |
 | John Warren, William Graves Chamney - 1867 - 148 sider
...on this interesting subject of American Jurisprudence, the better opinion would seem to be that—a citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to the United...declared by law; and that, as there is no existing legislative regulation on the case, the rule of the English common law remains unaltered." I have thought... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1868 - 764 sider
...principal decisions in the federal courts, the better opinion would seem to be that a citizen caunu: renounce his allegiance to the United States without...law, and that, as there is no existing regulation on the ctise, the rule of the English common law remains unaltered." General Halieek, one of the highest... | |
 | John C. Devereux - 1868 - 444 sider
...the United Statesf — 13— 49, notes. The better opinion would seem to be, that. a citizen can not renounce his allegiance to the United States without...declared by law ; and that, as there is no existing legislative regulation in the case, the rule of the English common law remains unaltered. This rule... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1868 - 608 sider
...administer, had made no provision. Tr,e cases are fully reviewed by Kent, and his conclusion is thus stated : "The better opinion would seem to be that a citizen...allegiance to the United States without the permission of the government, to be declared by law ; and that, as there is no existing legislative regulation on... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1868 - 764 sider
...historical review of the principal decisions in the federal courts, the hetter opinion would si*rn to he that a citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to the...United States without the permission of government, to he declared hy law, and that, as there is no existing regulation on the case, the rule of the English... | |
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