 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1870 - 840 pages
...581.) 4. In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or d ,,nyiuIr, ur restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, mi i - - they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interest. It i-, not the comity of... | |
 | 1834 - 518 pages
...interests. In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests. It is not the comity of the courts, but the comity of the nation, which is administered, and ascertained... | |
 | 1845 - 540 pages
...silence of any positive rule,' says Dr. Story, ' affirming or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests.' (story, Conflict of Laws, chap. 2, art. 38.) ' So,' says Professor Greenleaf, ' a spirit of amity,... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1845 - 232 pages
...Civile, lib. 3, tit. 10, art 193 tu 213. Story, " affirming or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its inlerests."(e) " So," says Professor Greenleaf, " a spirit of amity, and a disposition to friendly... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1846 - 1148 pages
...interests. In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial i Vattel, Prelim. Disc. p. 61, 68, § 14, 16. 9 Dalrymple p. Dalryrnple, 2 Htgg. Consist R. 59. See... | |
 | 1847 - 554 pages
...37, that " In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests. It is not the comity of the courts, but the comity of the nation which is administered, and ascertained... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1848 - 764 pages
...rule, affirming or denying or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the adoption of them by their own government, unless they...repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests (I) . The instances here given, it is hoped, will sufficiently illustrate this head of presumptive... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1854 - 930 pages
...silence of any positive rule," says Dr. Story, " affirming or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests (q)." So, says Professor Greenleaf, " A spirit of comity, and a disposition to friendly intercourse,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 pages
...interests. In the silence of any positive rule affirming or denying, or restraining the operations of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...repugnant to its policy or prejudicial to its interests. It is not the comity of the courts, but the comity of the nation, which is administered and ascertained... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1857 - 260 pages
...adds, "in the silence of any positive rule affirming or denying or restraining the operation of the foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit...repugnant to its policy or prejudicial to its interests." (See also 2 Kent Com., p. 457; 13 Peters, 519, 589.) These principles fully establish, that it belongs... | |
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In the silence of any positive rule, affirming, or denying, or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests. 
