Vattel

American  

[faht-l] / ˈfɑt l /

noun

1. Emmerich 1714–67, Swiss jurist and diplomat.

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Vattel

Even George Washington neglected to return The Law of Nations by Emer de Vattel and a volume of debates from the English Parliament to the elites-only New York Society Library.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2016

As much perhaps as anyone else, Carr Vattel Van Anda made the New York Times the grey eminence it has become.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here were his Coke and Blackstone, Vattel, Henning, Kent, and Tucker, and here were other books of which he was fonder than of those, and here were a few volumes of the poets.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

But the fact of retaliation, as a danger that may ensue from treating as pirates men engaged in war, is referred to by Vattel in his treatise on the laws of nations.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.

I thank you, likewise, for the other smaller pieces, which accompanied Vattel.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared