Vattel
Americannoun
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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
So says Vattel, without affixing any note of censure upon it.
From Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. by Josiah Quincy
Vattel says it is the acquisition of domain founded on long possession, uninterrupted and undisputed, that is to say, an acquisition solely proved by this possession.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
And with regard to that proposition I would cite Vattel, Book I., chap.
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 A. F. Warburton
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