 Act was passed in the session of 1878, which, after a preamble reciting that " the rightful jurisdiction of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors extends and has always extended over the open seas adjacent to the coasts of the United Kingdom, and of all...  The Law Quarterly Review - Page 347edited by - 1926Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1878 - 760 pages
...And whereas it is expedient that all offences committed- on the open sea within a certain distance of the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all other parts of Her Majesty's dominions, by whomsoever committed, should be dealt with according to law : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's... | |
 | Robert Phillimore - International law - 1879 - 864 pages
...that " it is " expedient that all offences committed in the open sea within " a certain distance of the coasts of the United Kingdom " and of all other parts of her Majesty's dominions, by " whomsoever committed, should be dealt with acccording to " law," proceeds to enact as follows... | |
 | Sheldon Amos - Constitutional history - 1880 - 556 pages
...And ' it is expedient th at all offences com' mitted on the open sea, within a certain distance of ' the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all other ' parts of Her Majesty's dominions, by whomsoever ' committed, should be dealt with according to law.' The Statute then enacts (section... | |
 | Frederic Philip Maude, Charles Edward Pollock - Maritime law - 1881 - 812 pages
...And whereas it is expedient that all offences committed on the open sea within a certain distance of the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all other parts of hor Majesty's dominions, by whomsoever committed, should be dealt with according to law: Be it therefore... | |
 | Samuel Prentice - Criminal law - 1882 - 402 pages
...: and that it is expedient that all offences committed on the open sea within a certain distance of the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all other parts of Her Majesty's dominions, by whomsoever committed, shall be dealt with according to law." By sect. 2 of this Act, "an offence... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1882 - 758 pages
...And whereas it is expedient that all offences committed on the open sea within a certain distance of the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all other parts of Her Majesty's dominions, by whomsoever committed, should be dealt with according to law : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1882 - 852 pages
...jurisdiction of Her Majesty, her heirs and cessors, extends and has always extended over the open seas adja to the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all other parts of Ho Majesty's dominions to such a distance as is necessary for the defence ui security of such dominions... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen - Criminal law - 1883 - 522 pages
...passing of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878 (40 & 41 Vic. c. 73). This act declares that the rightful jurisdiction of Her Majesty, her heirs,...necessary for the defence and security of such dominions. It further declares that an offence committed by a person, whether he is or is not a subject of Her... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen, Herbert Stephen - Criminal procedure - 1883 - 256 pages
...county. ARTICLE 2. OFFENCES COMMITTED ON TERRITORIAL WATERS. 3 The criminal law of England also extends over the open seas adjacent to the coasts of the United Kingdom and of all 1 See on this subject 2 Hist. Cr. Law, 1-72. - K. v. Cunningham, Bell CL 72; FitzHerbert Corone, 399.... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Constitutional law - 1884 - 882 pages
...on board or by means of a foreign ship;" and it was declared in the preamble of the statute that " the rightful jurisdiction of her majesty, her heirs...necessary for the defence and security of such dominions." It is, however, further provided that '-the territorial waters of her majesty's dominions, in reference... | |
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