 | Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.), Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1852 - 204 lapas
...has received. Letter to Brigadier-General Lee, commanding in Ireland. MARTIAL LAW. Martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general...the army. In fact, martial law means no law at all. House of Lords, Feb. 4, 1851. THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER. The Duke has made many a declaration similar... | |
 | 1852 - 372 lapas
...Duke of Wellington made a few remarks upon the subject of martial law. Martial law, he contended, was neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law meant no law at all. Therefore, the general who declared martial law, and commanded that it should... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1869 - 688 lapas
...extensive than ordinary military law." And the Duke of Wellington maintained that " martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army in fact, martial law is no law at all." In this opinion Earl Grey entirely concurred, claiming the authority of Lord Cottenham,... | |
 | United States. Attorney-General - 1858 - 600 lapas
...reality, import a very different thing. " He" (the Duke of Wellington) " contended that martial law was neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law was no law at all. Therefore the Martial Law. general, who declared martial law, and commanded that... | |
 | Stephen Vincent Benét - 1862 - 392 lapas
...known limitations.* In a debate in Parliament, the Duke of Wellington contended that martial law was neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law was no law at all. Therefore, the general who declared martial law and commanded that it should be... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 702 lapas
...in no case amenable to this law. The stater ment of the Duke of Wellington, " tliat martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army," though it may be sound as to what may be done in an enemy's country in time of war, is repudiated by... | |
 | Jonathan Gordon (W.) - 1865 - 86 lapas
...of England, p. 561. The Duke of Wellington was also right when he defined it thus: " Martial luw is neither more nor less than the will of the General who commands the army." Hansard's Debates, (3d series,) vol. 115, p. 880. And again, when he wrote as follows : "Military law,"... | |
 | Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Sir Alexander Edmund Cockburn - 1867 - 174 lapas
...as are made amenable to it by the Mutiny Act. Martial law, according to the Duke of Wellington, is 'neither more nor less than the will of the general...general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be earned into execution, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations, and limits, according... | |
 | Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn - 1867 - 176 lapas
...as are made amenable to it by the Mutiny Act. Martial law, according to the Duke of Wellington, is 'neither more nor less than the will of the general...general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be carried into execution, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations, and limits, according... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1867 - 584 lapas
...important, because a dictum of the Duke of Wellington has been much insisted on, that " martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general...general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be carried into execution, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations, and limits, according... | |
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I contend that martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law means no law at all... 
