When the news reached Spain the king was so alarmed that he sent out two galleys to guard the coast, which in the first year after their arrival took six or seven French vessels, and put a stop to their piracies for a time.
But Congress has the power to create diplomatic and consular posts, as well as "to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations.
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offences against the law of nations; 11.
There are in the States already federal Courts with jurisdiction for trial of piracies &c.
And the piracies of the Phoenicians, which embraced the human species as an article of their market, would be an example, more prevalent and constant than their own, to the piracies of the early Greeks.
Treaties of peace made with them by some states had only the effect of turning their piracies into other channels, as was already beginning to be felt by the Roman states.
The general is not a man to bear with our lieutenant-governor's oppressions and piracies for ever.
But what will you say to the piracies by which the traffic of the seas is intercepted, and Mr. Lieutenant daily enriched by plunder from English vessels?
It is said by the Baron de Bielfield, thatpiracies and robberies at sea are so odious, so atrocious, and so destructive to the interest of all the European nations, that everything is permitted to repress them.
The truth of it is, his piracies so alarmed our merchants that some motions were made in Parliament, to inquire into the commission that was given him, and the persons who fitted him out.
That is to say, for allpiracies committed eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, to the longitude and meridian of Socatora and Cape Camorin.
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offenses against the law of nations; 11.
M^r Elseworth enlarged the motion so as to read "to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the U.
To define & punish piracies and felonies on the high seas, and "punish" offences against the law of nations.
To declare the law and punishment ofpiracies and felonies &c &c.
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and[74] offences against the law of nations.
The provision of the federal articles on the subject of piracies and felonies extends no further than to the establishment of courts for the trial of these offenses.
The definition of piracies might, perhaps, without inconveniency, be left to the law of nations; though a legislative definition of them is found in most municipal codes.
For almost four years Germany rolled up a record of victories on land and of piracies on and under the seas.
Little by little, day after day, piracies dwindled as the murderous submarine was mastered and its menace strangled.
Of the money the Committee have just sent out, a little comes back to us, for the Greeks always allege they cannot pay for the piraciescommitted on our Flag until the money arrives from England!
On September 3 he sails along the coast of Negropont, about to be evacuated by the Turks, and hears of piracies committed by them in leaving that country.
Going on to Volo, the Aga of that town assured him that no piracies had taken place recently in the district, and 'that a small boat might now go in safety to Constantinople,' but of this the captain evidently had his doubts.
Who were to be the subjects of their piracies was a matter that did not occur to them.
So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, theirpiracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.
These robbers had, in addition to their piracies on the high seas, scoured the coast in all directions, and committed the greatest atrocities, attended with some of the most cruel murders.
The piracies of these Arab seriffs and their Dyaks were so notorious, that it is needless to detail them here; but one curious feature, which throws a light on the state of society, I cannot forbear mentioning.
The punishment we had inflicted was severe, but not more than the crime of their horrid piracies deserved.
Numerous proofs of the piracies of this Seriff came to light.
The piracies by which our commerce in the neighborhood of the island of Cuba had been afflicted have been repressed and the confidence of our merchants in a great measure restored.
The vessel was captured and brought into Halifax, and Jordan and his wife placed on their trial before a special commission for the trial ofpiracies on the high seas on 15th November.
Piracies and felonies committed on the high seas shall also belong to the department of Congress for them to define, try, and punish, in the same manner as the other causes shall be defined, tried, and determined.
No one deserves to be called an antiquarian who cannot put two and two together, and reconstruct from these data a more or less elaborate history of the piracies of Mr. Thomas Veal.
Lynn is in the temperate zone, and we should naturally reason that its piracieswould be more calm and equable than those of the tropics, and so they were.
SMITH said, that the reason why the Embargo had been laid on was, the piracies of Britain.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "piracies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
